Importance of measures of past performance: Empirical evidence on quality of e-service providers

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-337

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a   Hwang, Iny ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 45849088110     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/car.25.2.1     Document Type: Review

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