A composite-model for E-commerce diffusion: Integrating cultural and socio-economic dimensions to the dynamics of diffusion

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 17-38

  Yap, Alexander ^a   Das, Jayoti ^a   Burbridge, John ^a   Cort, Kathryn ^b  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural influences; e commerce diffusion; Internet; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL INFLUENCES; E-COMMERCE DIFFUSION; REGRESSION MODELS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33749407331     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 10627375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2006070102     Document Type: Article

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