Parasitism and Internet auction fraud: An exploration

Information and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 303-333

  Chua, Cecil Eng Huang ^a   Wareham, Jonathan ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auction fraud; Internet crime; Metaphor; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249127227     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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