Electronic books: To "e" or not to "e"? A strategic analysis of distribution channel choices of publishers

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-346

  Hua, Guowei ^a   Cheng, T C E ^b   Wang, Shouyang ^c  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Distribution channel; Information goods; Newsvendor model; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL; E-BOOKS; ELECTRONIC BOOKS; INFORMATION GOODS; NEWSVENDOR MODELS; PUBLISHING INDUSTRY; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; STRATEGIC ANALYSIS; WHOLE SALE PRICES;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

EID: 78650311291     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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