Price comparison and price dispersion: Products and retailers at different internet maturity stages

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 101-124

  Bock, Gee Woo ^a   Lee, Sang Yong Tom ^b   Li, Hai Ying ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Beijing PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Click and mortar retail; E tail; E tail pricing; Hybrid retailers; Internet maturity; Multichannel retail; Price; Price dispersion; Web prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547282006     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415110404     Document Type: Article

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