A framework and methodology for evaluating e-commerce Web sites

Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 330-341

  Van Der Merwe, Rian ^a   Bekker, James ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Function evaluation; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344495372     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240310501612     Document Type: Review

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