A longitudinal look at rural consumer adoption of online shopping

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-401

  Lennon, Sharron J ^a   Kim, Minjeong ^b   Johnson, Kim K P ^c   Jolly, Laura D ^d   Damhorst, Mary Lynn ^e   Jasper, Cynthia R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 34247254429     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: 15206793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.20165     Document Type: Article

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