Electronic commerce and World Wide Web apprehensiveness: An examination of consumers' perceptions of the World Wide Web

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Susskind, Alex M ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b 250 Statler Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

INNOVATION; PATH MODELS; TRANSACTIONAL EXCHANGES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 2942711537     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2004.tb00287.x     Document Type: Review

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