Comparison websites: Evidence from the service sector

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1939-1954

  Laffey, Des ^a  

^a PERTH OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregators; Comparison websites; E business; Value creation model

Indexed keywords

MODELING; SERVICE SECTOR; WORLD WIDE WEB;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77958519761     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060802627558     Document Type: Article

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