Critical factors of WAP services adoption: An empirical study

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-60

  Hung, Shin Yuan ^a   Ku, Cheng Yuan ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Information technology acceptance; Innovation diffusion theory; Mobile commerce; Theory of planned behavior; Wireless application protocol (WAP)

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL (WAP);

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0038149247     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-4223(03)00008-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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