Business practices on the world wide web: A comparison of japanese and u.s. web sites

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 5-

  Sakaguchi, Toru ^a   Palvia, Prashant C ^b   Janz, Brian D ^c  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross Cultural Studies; Electronic Commerce; Japan; Web Characteristics; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744512045     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2001.10856299     Document Type: Article

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