Retailers' use of shipping cost strategies: Free shipping or partitioned prices?

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 65-88

  Frischmann, Tanja ^a   Hinz, Oliver ^b   Skiera, Bernd ^c  

^a Multimedia Agency   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

e tail; Electronic commerce; price comparison; pricing; shipping costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859076030     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415160303     Document Type: Article

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