Intelligent agent's technology characteristics applied to online auctions' task: A combined model of TTF and TAM

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 564-577

  Chang, Hsin Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Task characteristics; Task technology fit; Technology acceptance model; Technology characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMMERCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); TECHNOLOGY;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; AGENT SOFTWARES; AGENT TECHNOLOGIES; APPLIED (CO); AUCTION PROCESSES; COMBINED MODELING; CONSUMER PERCEPTION; ELSEVIER (CO); LEARNING ABILITIES; ONLINE AUCTIONING; PERCEIVED RISKS; PRICE NEGOTIATIONS; SECURE PAYMENT SYSTEMS; TASK TECHNOLOGY FIT (TTF); TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 47549092932     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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