I'll have the ice cream soon and the vegetables later: A study of online grocery purchases and order lead time

Marketing Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-35

  Milkman, Katherine L ^a   Rogers, Todd ^b   Bazerman, Max H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Analyst Institute   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; Intertemporal choice; Intrapersonal conflict; Lead time; Want should

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849116073     PISSN: 09230645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11002-009-9087-0     Document Type: Article

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