Web site adaptation: A cross-cultural comparison of U.S. and Mexican Web sites

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Singh, Nitish ^a   Baack, Daniel W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING; ONLINE SEARCHING; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; SEMIOTICS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONTEXT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MEXICO; US;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 4644284977     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2004.tb00298.x     Document Type: Article

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