Optimizing price levels in e-commerce applications with respect to customer lifetime values

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Optimizing price levels in e-commerce applications with respect to customer lifetime values. / Funk, Burkhardt.
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Electronic Commerce, ICEC 2009. Hrsg. / Patrick Y. K. Chau; Kalle Lyytinen; Chih-Ping Wei. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2009. S. 169-175 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenAufsätze in KonferenzbändenForschungbegutachtet

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Funk, B 2009, Optimizing price levels in e-commerce applications with respect to customer lifetime values. in PYK Chau, K Lyytinen & C-P Wei (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Electronic Commerce, ICEC 2009. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, S. 169-175, ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce - EC 2009, Stanford, USA / Vereinigte Staaten, 06.07.09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1593254.1593280

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Funk, B. (2009). Optimizing price levels in e-commerce applications with respect to customer lifetime values. In P. Y. K. Chau, K. Lyytinen, & C.-P. Wei (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Electronic Commerce, ICEC 2009 (S. 169-175). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/1593254.1593280

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Funk B. Optimizing price levels in e-commerce applications with respect to customer lifetime values. in Chau PYK, Lyytinen K, Wei CP, Hrsg., Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Electronic Commerce, ICEC 2009. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2009. S. 169-175. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/1593254.1593280

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