Internationalisation of e-commerce: A comparison of online shopping preferences among Korean, Turkish and US populations

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-18

  Hwang, W ^a   Jung, H S ^b   Salvendy, G ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dongseo University   (South Korea)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MARKETING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; WEBSITES;

ONLINE MARKETS; ONLINE SHOPPING; PRODUCT PRICE;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 30344469099     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J369v08n01_02     Document Type: Review

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