The role of e-tailer inventory policy on e-tailer pricing and profitability

Journal of Retailing

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-219

  Zhao, Hao ^a   Cao, Yong ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

E tailer; Inventory policy; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044263288     PISSN: 00224359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretai.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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