The optimal format to sell a product through the internet: Posted price, auction, and buy-price auction

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-157

  Sun, Daewon ^a   Li, Erick ^b   Hayya, Jack C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making optimization; E commerce; Game theory; Online auction; Optimal decision rule; Pricing; Strategic behavior

Indexed keywords

DECISION-MAKING OPTIMIZATION; E-COMMERCE; ONLINE AUCTIONS; OPTIMAL DECISION-RULE; STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; GAME THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; SALES;

COSTS;

EID: 77955473671     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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