We wish to thank Rob Fichman, Jeff Ringuest, Ron Weber, attendees of the Boston College Work in Progress seminar and three anonymous reviewers for their many helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper
Understanding the role of e-commerce in restructuring distribution channels by examining the factors influencing the collapse, shift, and expansion of channels.
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