The governance of transactions by commercial intermediaries: An analysis of the re-engineering of intermediation by electronic commerce

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 353-374

  Brousseau, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Bundled services; Commercial intermediation; Digital economy; Distribution channels; E commerce; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066225455     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357151021000010355     Document Type: Article

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