Online intermediary as a channel for selling quality-differentiated services

Decision Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-62

  Akçura, M Tolga ^a   Ozdemir, Zafer D ^b   Rahman, Mohammad S ^c  

^a OZYEGIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance selling; Analytical model; Distribution channels; Internet reach; Online intermediary; Quality differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923380040     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/deci.12116     Document Type: Article

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