Research Report: Richness Versus Parsimony in Modeling Technology Adoption Decisions - Understanding Merchant Adoption of a Smart Card-Based Payment System

Information Systems Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 208-222

  Plouffe, Christopher R ^a   Hulland, John S ^a   Vandenbosch, Mark ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adoption; Attitudes; Field Study; High Technology; Intentions; Managers; PCI; Perceptions; Smart Cards; TAM

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; TRANSPORTATION;

ADOPTION; ATTITUDES; FIELD STUDIES; HIGH TECHNOLOGY; INTENTIONS;

SMART CARDS;

EID: 0035608834     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.12.2.208.9697     Document Type: Article

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