An empirical investigation into e-shopping excitement: Antecedents and effects

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1171-1187

  Jayawardhena, Chanaka ^a   Wright, Len Tiu ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Internet shopping

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350417453     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560910976429     Document Type: Article

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