Barriers to mobile commerce adoption: An analysis framework for a country-level perspective

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-257

  Li, Weiwei ^a   McQueen, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adoption barriers; Country level; Mobile commerce services; New zealand

Indexed keywords

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

COUNTRY-LEVEL ADOPTION BARRIERS; COUNTRY-LEVEL ANALYSIS; MOBILE COMMERCE SERVICES; NEW ZEALAND;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 38149076570     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2008.016579     Document Type: Article

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