The adoption of commercial innovations in the former Central and Eastern European markets: The case of internet banking in Estonia

International Journal of Bank Marketing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 154-169

  Eriksson, Kent ^a   Kerem, Katri ^b   Nilsson, Daniel ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

^c Institute of Management   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Banking; Electronic funds transfer systems; Emerging markets; Estonia; Financial services; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149114098     PISSN: 02652323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02652320810864634     Document Type: Article

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