Pricing strategies for perishable products: The case of Vienna and the hotel reservation system hrs.com

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-66

  Schütze, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dynamic pricing; E commerce; Hospitality; Internet distribution system; Perishable product; Room rate; Yield management

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949149990     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-007-0042-y     Document Type: Article

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