Designing online selling mechanisms: Transparency levels and prices

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 729-745

  Granados, Nelson ^a   Gupta, Alok ^b   Kauffman, Robert J ^c  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline industry; Analytical model; Decision support; Demand; Economics of information systems; Electronic commerce; Market transparency; Online travel agencies; Pricing

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MECHANISMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPARENCY;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; ANALYTICAL MODEL; DECISION SUPPORT; DEMAND; ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MARKET TRANSPARENCY; ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCIES; PRICING;

COSTS;

EID: 53349172113     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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