Environmental websites: An empirical investigation of functionality and accessibility

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-119

  Pinterits, Andreas ^a   Treiblmaier, Horst ^a   Pollach, Irene ^a,b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Environmental websites: web analysis; Online donations; Site rankings; Web evaluation; Web metrics

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STANDARDS;

ACCESSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL WEBSITES: WEB ANALYSIS; ONLINE DONATIONS; SITE RANKINGS; WEB EVALUATION; WEB METRICS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 33744804583     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: 17415292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2006.010075     Document Type: Article

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