Group buying, buyer heterogeneity, and sellers' bargaining power

Decision Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 761-783

  Li, Xinxin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining Power; Buyer Heterogeneity; Game Theory, and Group Buying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866623344     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2012.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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