Do Electronic Marketplaces Lower the Price of Goods?

H. Geun Lee

doi:10.1145/268092.268122

Do Electronic Marketplaces Lower the Price of Goods?

H. Geun Lee

Department of Business Administration

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Abstract

The efficiency of electronic means for commerce is sometimes countered by increased product cost, as demonstrated in this case involving an auction system for used cars in Japan.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-80
Number of pages	8
Journal	Communications of the ACM
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/268092.268122
Publication status	Published - 1998 Jan

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Computer Science(all)

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