Predicting consumer acceptance in mobile services: Empirical evidence from an experimental end user environment

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 418-435

  Koivumäki, Timo ^a,b   Ristola, Annu ^a,b   Kesti, Manne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Rotuaari Research Project   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumers; Mobile services; Technology Acceptance Model (TAM); User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSUMERS; MOBILE SERVICES; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL (TAM); USER SATISFACTION;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644609633     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2006.008950     Document Type: Article

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