A research of consumers' initial trust in online stores in China

Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-180

  Yaobin, Lu ^a   Tao, Zhou ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Initial trust; Online stores; Online trust; TAM

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

INITIAL TRUST; ONLINE STORES; ONLINE TRUST;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 34548781303     PISSN: 1443458X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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