Analysis of critical website characteristics: A cross-category study of successful websites

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 14-24

  Tarafdar, Monideepa ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Website categories; Website characteristics; Website design; Website success

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE DESIGNS; CORPORATE WEBSITES; ELECTRONIC BUSINESS; FINANCIAL SERVICE; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; WEB SITE DESIGN;

DESIGN;

PORTALS;

EID: 33644502566     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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