Open Access, Library and Publisher Competition, and the Evolution of General Commerce

Evaluation Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 130-163

  Odlyzko, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

big deals; open access; price discrimination

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LIBRARY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HUMANS; LIBRARIES; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925358109     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X13514751     Document Type: Article

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