The effect of culture and product categories on the level of use of buy-it-now (BIN) auctions by sellers

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Ho, Kevin K W ^a   Yoo, Byungjoon ^b   Yu, Seunghee ^a   Tam, Kar Yan ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buy it now (BIN) auction; Culture; Dot com retail continuum; Hofstede cultural dimensions; Product categories

Indexed keywords

BINS; CELL CULTURE;

BUY-IT-NOW (BIN) AUCTION; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; DOT-COM RETAIL CONTINUUM; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; MARKET MECHANISMS; PRODUCT CATEGORIES; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE;

COMMERCE;

EID: 47349127343     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2007100101     Document Type: Article

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