Structural foundations for e-commerce adoption: A comparative organization of retail trade between japan and the united states

Urban Geography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-153

  Aoyama, Yuko ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; Japan; Retail trade; United States

Indexed keywords

E-COMMERCE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NATIONAL TRADE; RETAILING;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034986218     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.22.2.130     Document Type: Article

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