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The Diffusion of Auctions on the Web

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Doing Business Electronically

Part of the book series: Computer Supported Cooperative Work ((CSCW))

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… the result of reducing coordination costs without changing anything else should be an increase in the proportion of economic activity coordinated by markets. (Malone, Yates and Benjamin, 1987, 591)

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  1. University of Münster, Germany

    Stefan Klein

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  1. Management and Business Systems, University of Wollongong, Locked Bag 8844, NSW, 2521, Australia

    Celia T. Romm BA, MA, PhD

  2. Key Centre of Design Computing, Department of Architectural and Design Science, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    Fay Sudweeks ATCL, BA, MCogSc., PhD Cand.

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Klein, S. (1998). The Diffusion of Auctions on the Web. In: Romm, C.T., Sudweeks, F. (eds) Doing Business Electronically. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0591-6_4

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