Developing Rich Insights on Public Internet Firm Entry and Exit Based on Survival Analysis and Data Visualization

Statistical Methods in e-Commerce Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 173-201

  Kauffman, Robert J ^a   Wang, Bin ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Data visualization analysis; Hybrid methods and rich insights; Public internet firm entry, exit and rich insights

Indexed keywords

VISUALIZATION;

HYBRID METHOD; PUBLIC INTERNET; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION ANALYSIS;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84947320825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470315262.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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