The psychometric properties of eTail quality: An international investigation across product categories

International Marketing Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-370

  Caruana, Albert ^a   Ewing, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Customer loyalty; Electronic commerce; Internet shopping; Malta; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745808021     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330610678958     Document Type: Article

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