ISSN:
1741-8771
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1741-8771
Inhalt:
This paper focuses on the challenges associated with composing and pricing web services. We present the results of an online experiment, where subjects were confronted with a variety of choices and decisions relating to web service markets and service composition. Our analysis shows that people expect the price of a composite web service to be lower than the sum of the prices of the elementary services, that is, users are not willing to pay for aggregation by a third party. To obtain a viable business model for composite web services, non-standard pricing mechanisms, such as auctions and negotiations, possibly supported by electronic agents, have to be taken into consideration. Usage-based pricing schemes, combined with an option to switch to a flat subscription, seem most appropriate to penetrate the developing market for web services.
Inhalt:
Peer Reviewed
Anmerkung:
The original article is published in the "International Journal Business Process Integration and Management" at Inderscience Publishers.
In:
International Journal Business Process Integration and Management, , 2007, 2,2007,2, Seiten 132-140, 1741-8771
Sprache:
Englisch
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-10082808
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