A growth theory perspective on B2C e-commerce growth in Europe: An exploratory study

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-259

  Ho, Shu Chun ^a   Kauffman, Robert J ^b   Liang, Ting Peng ^c  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contextual production; E commerce; Economic analysis; Empirical research; Endogenous growth; Exogenous growth; Growth theory; Theory building research

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; EUROPE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBUST CONTROL;

CONTEXTUAL PRODUCTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; EXOGENOUS GROWTH; GROWTH THEORY; THEORY-BUILDING RESEARCH;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 34548671915     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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