Comparing the impacts of Internet technology and national culture on online usage and purchase from a four-country perspective

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 385-394

  Shiu, Eric C C ^a   Dawson, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Internet; Online purchase; Online usage; Technology

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; INTERNET; RETAILING; SHOPPING ACTIVITY;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GERMANY; JAPAN; TAIWAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11144329504     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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