Value pricing in presence of network effects

Journal of Product & Brand Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 174-185

  ge, Dingkun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Pricing; Pricing strategy; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104220     PISSN: 10610421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10610420210430060     Document Type: Article

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