Don't keep your internet customers waiting too long at the (virtual) front door

Journal of Interactive Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-39

  Weinberg, Bruce D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038760508     PISSN: 10949968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6653(200024)14:1<30::AID-DIR3>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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