Assessing e-commerce systems success: A respecification and validation of the DeLone and McLean model of IS success

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-557

  Wang, Yi Shun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Information systems success; Net benefits; Perceived value; System use; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149097737     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2007.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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