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On the Edge of Buying: A Targeting Approach for Indecisive Buyers Based on Willingness-to-Pay Ranges

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On the Edge of Buying: A Targeting Approach for Indecisive Buyers Based on Willingness-to-Pay Ranges. / Dost, Florian; Wilken, Robert; Eisenbeiss, Maik et al.
In: Journal of Retailing, Vol. 90, No. 3, 09.2014, p. 393-407.

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Dost F, Wilken R, Eisenbeiss M, Skiera B. On the Edge of Buying: A Targeting Approach for Indecisive Buyers Based on Willingness-to-Pay Ranges. Journal of Retailing. 2014 Sept;90(3):393-407. Epub 2014 May 9. doi: 10.1016/j.jretai.2014.03.007

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Dost, Florian ; Wilken, Robert ; Eisenbeiss, Maik et al. / On the Edge of Buying : A Targeting Approach for Indecisive Buyers Based on Willingness-to-Pay Ranges. In: Journal of Retailing. 2014 ; Vol. 90, No. 3. pp. 393-407.

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