Consumer perceptions and willingness to pay for intrinsically motivated online content

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-231

  Lopes, Alexandre B ^a   Galleta, Dennis F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b AIS (Association for Information Systems)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer assessment; E commerce; Information value; Online content; Service quality; Service value

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

CONSUMER ASSESSMENT; CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS; INFORMATION VALUE; ONLINE CONTENT; SERVICE VALUE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33750301341     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230209     Document Type: Article

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