Online shopping as foraging: The effects of increasing delays on purchasing and patch residence

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Hantula, Donald A ^a   Brockman, Diane DiClemente ^b   Smith, Carter L ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN BAYLOR   (United States)

^c BioVid Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Consumer behavior; Delay discounting; Foraging theory; Matching

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DELAY DISCOUNTING; FORAGING THEORY; HUMAN DECISION-MAKING; MATCHINGS; MUSIC CDS; MUSIC STORES; ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS; ONLINE SHOPPING; THEORY MODEL;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 46149085914     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2008.2000340     Document Type: Article

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