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This article summarizes the main results we obtained in an agent-based extension of an industrial organization analytical model4 for studying emerging coalition structures in electronic markets.
Laye (2003), Laye and Tanguy (2005).
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Laye, J., Laye, M., Lina, C., Tanguy, H. (2006). E-Consumers’ Search and Emerging Structure of Web-Sites Coalitions. In: Bruun, C. (eds) Advances in Artificial Economics. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 584. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-37249-0_8
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