Supply-side hurdles in internet B2C e-commerce: An empirical investigation

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 458-469

  Cheung, Michael Tow ^a   Liao, Ziqi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Consumer perceptions; Demand side obstacle factors; Empirical results; Internet business to consumer (B2C) e commerce; Notionally matching supply side hurdles; Thought experiment based survey; Unwillingness to e shop

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PRIVACY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INVENTORY CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BUSINESS TO CONSUMER E COMMERCE; DEMAND SUPPLY THEORY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INTERNET PRIVACY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0442311250     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2003.819649     Document Type: Article

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