Chinese consumer's adoption intention towards 3G mobile phone

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 770-786

  Liu, Matthew T ^a   Huang, Lee Lien ^b   Chen, Alexander Nai Chi ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

^d University of Macau ^*

Author keywords

3G; Innovation diffusion; Lifestyle; Mobile communications; Technology cluster

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

3G; 3G MOBILE PHONES; ADOPTION INTENTION; ADOPTION OF WIRELESS; INNOVATION ADOPTION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CITIES; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY CLUSTER;

MOBILE PHONES;

EID: 49249084285     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2008.019825     Document Type: Article

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