What do we know about mobile Internet adopters? A cluster analysis

Information and Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-141

  Okazaki, Shintaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion; i Mode; Innovation; Internet; Japan; Mobile; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; INTERNET TELEPHONY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONNEL; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

I-MODE; INNOVATION; MOBILE;

INTERNET;

EID: 30944462745     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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