The effects of satisfaction, opportunism, and asset specificity on consumers' loyalty intention toward internet portal sites

International Journal of Service Industry Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-22

  Chiou, Jyh Shen ^a   Shen, Chung Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assets management; Loyalty schemes; Portals; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644683975     PISSN: 09564233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09564230610651552     Document Type: Article

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