E-auction web assessment model in China

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-172

  Lu, June ^a   Wang, Lu Zhuang ^b   Yu, Chun Sheng ^a   Wu, Jia Ying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY CITY COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

E auction WAM; E commerce; Online auction; Taobao; Web assessment

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; WEBSITES;

ASSESSMENT MODELS; E-AUCTION WAM; E-AUCTIONS; E-COMMERCE MODEL; ELECTRONIC AUCTION; ONLINE AUCTIONS; RAPID GROWTH; TAOBAO; USER FRIENDLINESS; WEB ASSESSMENT;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 69849115056     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-009-9033-5     Document Type: Article

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