Siva Viswanathan

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

College Park, MD 20742-1815

United States

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1.

Judging Borrowers by the Company They Keep: Friendship Networks and Information Asymmetry in Online Peer-to-Peer Lending

Western Finance Association 2009 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2014
Mingfeng Lin, Nagpurnanand Prabhala and Siva Viswanathan
Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 3,600 (5,337)
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peer-to-peer lending, social networks, information asymmetry

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The 'Experts' in the Crowd: The Role of Experienced Investors in a Crowdfunding Market

To Appear in MIS Quarterly
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 30 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Keongtae Kim and Siva Viswanathan
Decision Science and Managerial Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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crowdfunding, investor experience, quality signals, information asymmetry, herding, market design

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Home Bias in Online Investments: An Empirical Study of an Online Crowdfunding Market

Forthcoming, Management Science
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2015
Mingfeng Lin and Siva Viswanathan
Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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home bias; peer-to-peer lending; quasi-experiment; crowdfunding; behavioral explanations

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Who Forgoes Screening in Online Markets and Why? Evidence from Airbnb

MIS Quarterly
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2023
Raveesh Mayya, Shun Ye, Siva Viswanathan and Rajshree Agarwal
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, George Mason University - Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Information Asymmetry, Online Market, Sharing Economy, Screening, Discrimination, Empirical Analyses

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The Long Tail is Longer than You Think: The Surprisingly Large Extent of Online Sales by Small Volume Sellers

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 May 2008
Joseph Bailey, Gordon Gao, Wolfgang Jank, Mingfeng Lin, Henry C. Lucas and Siva Viswanathan
University of Maryland, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Maryland - Decision and Information Technologies Department, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Internet Retailing, Long Tail, Electronic Commerce

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Technological Change and Stock Return Volatility: Evidence from Ecommerce Adoptions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Apr 2003
Deepak Agrawal, Sreedhar T. Bharath and Siva Viswanathan
KMV Corporation, Arizona State University (ASU) - Finance Department and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 753 (56,661)
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Product Market Changes, Stock Return Volatility, eCommerce, Technology Adoption

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Creating Social Contagion Through Firm Mediated Message Design: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2543864
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 31 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2019
Tianshu Sun, Siva Viswanathan and Elena Zheleva
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 678 (65,119)
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Randomized Field Experiment, Social Contagion, Online Word-of-Mouth, Observational Learning, Referrals

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Online Infomediaries and Price Discrimination: Evidence from the Auto-Retailing Sector

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Apr 2005 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2014
Siva Viswanathan, Jason Kuruzovich, Sanjay Gosain and Ritu Agarwal
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Online Intermediaries, E-Commerce, Price Discrimination, Internet Retailing, Infomediaries

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Designing Promotional Incentive to Embrace Social Sharing: Evidence from Field and Online Experiments

Forthcoming at MIS Quarterly
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 05 May 2020
Tianshu Sun, Siva Viswanathan, Ni Huang and Elena Zheleva
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami and University of Illinois at Chicago
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social sharing, incentive design, social promotion, randomized field experiment, online experiments

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Effectiveness of Reputation in Contracting for Customized Production: Evidence from Online Labor Markets

Forthcoming, Management Science, NET Institute Working Paper No. 10-22
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2016
Mingfeng Lin, Yong Liu and Siva Viswanathan
Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Arizona and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Quality Uncertainty and the Performance of Online Sponsored Search Markets: An Empirical Investigation

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 06-019, NET Institute Working Paper No. 05-27
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2014
Animesh Animesh, Vandana Ramachandran and Siva Viswanathan
McGill University, University of Utah - Department of Operations and Information Systems and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Sponsored search, Online Advertising, Adverse Selection, Quality Uncertainty

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The Value of Reciprocity in Online Barter Markets: An Empirical Investigation

Forthcoming, MIS Quarterly
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 05 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2017
Shun Ye, Siva Viswanathan and Il-Horn Hann
George Mason University - Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Decision and Information Technologies Department
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Reciprocity, online barter markets, online sharing platforms, information asymmetry, econometric analyses

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Competing 'Creatively' in Online Markets: Evidence from Sponsored Search

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 06-064
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2014
Animesh Animesh, Siva Viswanathan and Ritu Agarwal
McGill University, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 548 (85,044)
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Sponsored Search, Digital Competition, Online Markets, Online Advertising, Differentiation Strategies

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Strategic Behavior in Online Reputation Systems: Evidence from Revoking on eBay

Shun Ye, Guodong Gao, and Siva Viswanathan. 2014. "Strategic Behavior in Online Reputation Systems: Evidence from Revoking on eBay," MIS Quarterly, (38: 4) pp.1033-1056.
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2017
Shun Ye, Guodong (Gordon) Gao and Siva Viswanathan
George Mason University - Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 535 (87,615)
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Reputation mechanisms, online ratings, quality transparency, online auctions

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Motivating Effective Mobile App Adoptions: Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Jun 2017
Tianshu Sun, Lanfei Shi, Siva Viswanathan and Elena Zheleva
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 462 (104,705)
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Mobile App, Induced Adoption, Sorting, Randomized Field Experiment, Local Average Treatment Effect

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Is the Internet Bubble Consistent with Rationality?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 May 2006
Sreedhar T. Bharath and Siva Viswanathan
Arizona State University (ASU) - Finance Department and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Bubble, Rationality, Technological revolution, Volatility

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Threatened by AI: Analyzing Users’ Responses to the Introduction of AI in a Crowd-sourcing Platform

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2022
Mikhail Lysyakov and Siva Viswanathan
University of Rochester Simon School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 448 (109,106)
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Artificial Intelligence, Crowdsourcing, Users’ strategies, Image analytics, PMT, Threat of AI

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Exclusive Licensing in Complementary Network Industries

NET Institute Working Paper No. 07-04
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2014
Ravi Mantena, Ramesh Shankar and Siva Viswanathan
University of Rochester - Simon Business School, University of Connecticut - Department of Operations & Information Management and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 387 (128,952)
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Exclusivity, Complements, Network Effects, Competition, Platforms

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Delaying Informed Consent: An Empirical Investigation of Mobile Apps' Upgrade Decisions

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 02 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
Raveesh Mayya and Siva Viswanathan
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 386 (128,952)
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Privacy Policy, Mobile Apps, Platform Policy Change, Policy Adoption Flexibility

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The Value of Online Trust Seals: Evidence from Online Retailing

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2010
Koray Özpolat, Guodong (Gordon) Gao, Wolfgang Jank and Siva Viswanathan
University of Rhode Island - College of Business Administration, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, University of Maryland - Decision and Information Technologies Department and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Electronic commerce, Online Certification, Online Trust Seals, Information Asymmetry

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Advertising or Price? The Efficacy of Quality Informational Cues in Online Sponsored Search Markets

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Nov 2007
Animesh Animesh, Siva Viswanathan and Ritu Agarwal
McGill University, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 314 (161,465)

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Sponsored Search, Quality Signal, Online Advertising, Online Markets, Information Asymmetry

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Seller Search and Market Outcomes in Online Auctions

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2010
Jason Kuruzovich, Siva Viswanathan and Ritu Agarwal
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 285 (178,781)
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seller search, online auctions, sequential auctions, online channels

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The Impact of Online Information on the Value of Quality Signals in Traditional Markets

NET Institute Working Paper Series No. 07-37
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2014
Vandana Ramachandran, Siva Viswanathan and Sanjay Gosain
University of Utah - Department of Operations and Information Systems, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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certification, online information, quality signals, uncertainty reduction, used cars

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Electronic Commerce in the Retail Brokerage Industry: Trading Costs of Internet Versus Full Service Firms

NYU Working Paper No. IS-99-14
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Oct 2008
Yannis Bakos, Wonseok Oh, Siva Viswanathan and Gary Simon
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Clicks to Conversion: The Impact of Product and Price Information

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS-06-041
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2014
Vandana Ramachandran, Siva Viswanathan and Henry C. Lucas
University of Utah - Department of Operations and Information Systems, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 245 (207,867)
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online shopping, product information, price information, states of shopping, clickstream

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The Good, the Bad, or the Ugly? An Empirical Investigation of Revoking Behavior on Ebay

An updated version of this paper has been published in MIS Quarterly: Shun Ye, Guodong Gao, and Siva Viswanathan. 2014. "Strategic Behavior in Online Reputation Systems: Evidence from Revoking on eBay," MIS Quarterly, (38: 4) pp.1033-1056.
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2017
Shun Ye, Guodong (Gordon) Gao and Siva Viswanathan
George Mason University - Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 217 (233,567)
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mechanism design, reputation mechanisms, revoking, online auctions, moral hazard

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Optional Verification and Signaling in Online Matching Markets: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Forthcoming, Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 May 2020 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2022
Lanfei Shi and Siva Viswanathan
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 179 (277,866)
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Two-sided matching markets, signaling, optional verification, randomized field experiment, deep learning.

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The Impact of Gratitude-Embedded Messages on Online Pro-Social Behaviors

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2694084, Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper No. 2694084
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2016
Dobin Yim, Siva Viswanathan and Henry C. Lucas
Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 168 (293,596)

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Social Networks, Gratitude, Prosocial Behaviors, Charitable Giving, Topic Modeling, Twitter

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Attribution Strategies and Return on Keyword Investment in Paid Search Advertising

Li, H., Kannan, P. K., Viswanathan, V., & Pani, A. (2016). Attribution strategies and return on keyword investment in paid search advertising. Marketing Science, forthcoming., Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 16-31
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2017
H. Alice Li, P.K. Kannan, Siva Viswanathan and Abhishek Pani
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Marketing and Logistics, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Independent
Downloads 160 (305,872)
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attribution strategies, paid search advertising, ROI, keyword specificity, budget allocation, simultaneous equations system

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Your Preference or Mine? A Randomized Field Experiment on Recommender Systems in Two-sided Matching Markets

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Apr 2021
Lanfei Shi, Siva Viswanathan and Kunpeng Zhang
University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 139 (343,065)

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Recommender systems, user recommendation, two-sided matching platforms, preference information, user heterogeneity, randomized field experiments

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Recommendation Systems: Decision Support for the Information Economy

NYU Working Paper No. IS-98-17
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Oct 2008
Edward A. Stohr and Siva Viswanathan
Stevens Institute of Technology - School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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The Impact of Intelligent Agents on Electronic Markets: Customization, Preference Revelation and Pricing.

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/14149
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
Ravi Aron, Arun Sundararajan and Siva Viswanathan
University of Pennsylvania, NYU Stern School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 132 (356,951)
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Synthesizing Winning Strategies: What Differentiates Experienced Designers in Crowdsourcing Markets?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Apr 2021
Mikhail Lysyakov and Siva Viswanathan
University of Rochester Simon School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Downloads 107 (416,403)

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Online Crowdsourcing, Information Spillovers, Recombinant Innovations, Designers’ Experience, Deep Learning

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America Online Inc.: The Portal Era

NYU Working Paper No. IS-99-01
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2016
Edward A. Stohr and Siva Viswanathan
Stevens Institute of Technology - School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Information Asymmetry and Hybrid Advertising

Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 06-139
Posted: 27 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 06 May 2014
De Liu and Siva Viswanathan
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

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Online Advertising, Pay-for-Performance, Information Asymmetry, Hybrid Pricing

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Marketspace or Marketplace? Online Information Search and Channel Outcomes in Auto Retailing

Posted: 17 Sep 2008
Jason Kuruzovich, Siva Viswanathan, Ritu Agarwal, Sanjay Gosain and Scott M. Weitzman
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Volkswagen of America

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Online Infomediaries, Information Need Fulfillment, Auto Retailing, Value Chain

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The Impact of Electronic Commerce on Competition in the Retail Brokerage Industry

Posted: 15 Nov 2004
Yannis Bakos, Henry C. Lucas, Wonseok Oh, Gary Simon, Siva Viswanathan and Bruce Weber
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and London Business School

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E-commerce, information asymmetry, unbundling, impact of IT