A multi-level theory approach to understanding price rigidity in internet retailing

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 303-338

  Kauffman, Robert J ^a   Lee, Dongwon ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Information systems; Information technology; Interfirm competition; Internet retailing; Multi level theory; Price rigidity; Pricing strategy; Variance theory

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; RIGIDITY;

ECONOMIC THEORIES; ECONOMICS ANALYSIS; INTERFIRM COMPETITION; INTERNET RETAILING; MULTI-LEVEL THEORY; MULTILEVELS; PRICE ADJUSTMENT; PRICE RIGIDITY; PRICING STRATEGY; VARIANCE THEORY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955105461     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00230     Document Type: Article

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