Does it pay to be a first mover in e.commerce? The case of Amazon.com

Management Decision

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 445-452

  Mellahi, Kamel ^a   Johnson, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic industry; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159808     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740010373458     Document Type: Article

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