Identity theft: An exploratory study with implications for marketers

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1160-1172

  Eisenstein, Eric M ^a  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity theft; Security freezes; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349086151     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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