Co-evolving e-tail and on-line communities: Conceptual framework

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 53-77

  Macaulay, Linda A ^a   Keeling, Kathy ^b   McGoldrick, Peter ^b   Dafoulas, George ^c   Kalaitzakis, Emmanouil ^d   Keeling, Debbie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^e CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; E business; E commerce; E tail; Iterative design; On line community

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547343676     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415110402     Document Type: Article

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