A diagnostic framework for measuring Web-site localization

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-295

  Singh, Nitish ^a   Toy, Daniel R ^b   Wright, Lauren K ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650886204     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20265     Document Type: Article

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