Evaluation of web sites for B2C e-commerce

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-260

  Oppenheim, Charles ^a   Ward, Louise ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chocolate; Function evaluation; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; FORMAL LANGUAGES; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MARKETING; SECURITY OF DATA; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WEBSITES;

CHOCOLATES; PILOT TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSACTION PAGES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33749363350     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530610701022     Document Type: Article

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