Website Evaluation Factors and Virtual Community Loyalty in Korea

Advances in International Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue , 2007, Pages 231-252

  Kim, Kyung Hoon ^a   Jung, Yong Man ^a  

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EID: 33847240154     PISSN: 14747979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-7979(06)18010-2     Document Type: Review

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