Two tales of one service: User acceptance of short message service (SMS) in Hong Kong and China

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Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-28

  Yan, Xu ^a   Gong, Min ^a   Thong, James Y L ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Hong Kong; Mobile communication systems; User studies

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 30944450679     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690610643258     Document Type: Article

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