Exploring Price Elasticity to Optimize Posted Prices in e-Commerce

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Exploring Price Elasticity to Optimize Posted Prices in e-Commerce. / Funk, Burkhardt.

e-Business and Telecommunications. ed. / Mohammad S. Obaidat; Joaquim Filipe. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer, 2011. p. 71-81 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 130 CCIS).

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Harvard

Funk, B 2011, Exploring Price Elasticity to Optimize Posted Prices in e-Commerce. in M S. Obaidat & J Filipe (eds), e-Business and Telecommunications. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 130 CCIS, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 71-81, 6th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications - 2009 , Milan, Italy, 07.07.09. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20077-9_5

APA

Funk, B. (2011). Exploring Price Elasticity to Optimize Posted Prices in e-Commerce. In M. S. Obaidat, & J. Filipe (Eds.), e-Business and Telecommunications (pp. 71-81). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 130 CCIS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20077-9_5

Vancouver

Funk B. Exploring Price Elasticity to Optimize Posted Prices in e-Commerce. In S. Obaidat M, Filipe J, editors, e-Business and Telecommunications. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 2011. p. 71-81. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-20077-9_5

Bibtex

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