The impact of the online channel on retailers' performances: An empirical evaluation

Decision Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-546

  Xia, Yusen ^a   Zhang, G Peter ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E business; Event study; Firm performance; Online channel; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955935861     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2010.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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