A pricing model for group buying based on network effects.

Group buying (GB) is a popular business model in e-commerce. With the rise of online social media, the positive network effect of buying with others is more important than price discount for consumers to choose GB. However, the negative network effect of GB is also significant for some consumers. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guanqun Ni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6345429?pdf=render