Why on-line customers remain with a particular E-retailer: An integrative model and empirical evidence

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 447-464

  Tsai, Hsien Tung ^a   Huang, Heng Chiang ^a   Jaw, Yi Long ^a   Chen, Wen Kuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 33646701376     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20121     Document Type: Article

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