Delivering Superior Customer Perceived Value in the Context of Network Effects

International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-50

  Tseng, Fan Chen ^a   Teng, Ching I ^b   Chiang, David ^c  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

e commerce strategy; IT management; network externalities; value networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001838194     PISSN: 15481131     EISSN: 1548114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jebr.2007010103     Document Type: Article

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