Goods |
E-services |
Services |
Tangible |
Intangible, but need tangible media |
Intangible |
Can be inventoried |
Can be inventoried |
Cannot be inventoried |
Separable consumption |
Separable consumption |
Inseparable consumption |
Can be patented |
Can be copyrighted, patented |
Cannot be patented |
Homogeneous |
Homogeneous |
Heterogeneous |
Easy to price |
Hard to price |
Hard to price |
Can’t be copied |
Can be copied |
Can’t be copied |
Can be shared |
Can be shared |
Can’t be shared |
Use equals consumption |
Use does not equal consumption |
Use equals consumption |
Based on atoms |
Based on bits |
Based on atoms |