Boo.com - The path to failure

Journal of Interactive Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 56-70

  Stockport, Gary J ^a   Kunnath, George ^b   Sedick, Rashida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0040481708     PISSN: 10949968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dir.1023     Document Type: Article

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