Waiting online: A review and research agenda

Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-205

  Ryan, Gerard ^a   Valverde, Mireia ^b  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Electronic commerce; Internet; Research; Response rate; Systems design

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143054121     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240310478213     Document Type: Review

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