Why do shoppers abandon shopping cart? Perceived waiting time, risk, and transaction inconvenience

Journal of Product and Brand Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 188-197

  Rajamma, Rajasree K ^a   Paswan, Audhesh K ^b   Hossain, Muhammad M ^b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Electronic commerce; Internet shopping

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749117847     PISSN: 10610421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10610420910957816     Document Type: Article

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