Categorizing web features and functions to evaluate commercial web sites: An assessment framework and an empirical investigation of Australian companies

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-539

  Huang, Wayne ^a   Le, Taowen ^b   Li, X ^c   Gandha, S ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Webster State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Commercial services; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED LOGIC DESIGN; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL SERVICES; COMMERCIAL WEB SITES; INDUSTRIAL EXPERTS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 33645828864     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570610661606     Document Type: Article

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