A study on service quality of virtual community websites

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-473

  Kuo, Ying Feng ^a  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0041728810     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478336032000047237a     Document Type: Article

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