Information transparency in business-to-consumer markets: Concepts, framework, and research Agenda

Information Systems Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-226

  Granados, Nelson ^a   Gupta, Alok ^b   Kauffman, Robert J ^c  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business to business e commerce; Business to consumer e commerce; Electronic markets; Information transparency; Market mechanism design; Transparency strategy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MACHINE DESIGN; TRANSPARENCY;

BUSINESS TO CONSUMER E COMMERCES; BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS E-COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC MARKET; INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY; MARKET MECHANISMS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 77957346224     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1090.0249     Document Type: Article

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