Purchasing services online: A two-country generalization of possible influences

Journal of Services Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Riley, Francesca Dall'Olmo ^a   Scarpi, Daniele ^b   Manaresi, Angelo ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Internet shopping; Purchasing; Relationship marketing; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449099774     PISSN: 08876045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08876040910946350     Document Type: Article

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