To buy or not to buy online: Adopters and non-adopters of online shopping in Singapore

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 497-509

  Teo, Thompson S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adopt; Electronic commerce; Expectations; Online; Problems; Shopping; Singapore

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE; SHOPPING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33751198495     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500256155     Document Type: Article

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