Designing the e-servicescape: Implications for online retailers

Journal of Internet Commerce

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 23-43

  Hopkins, Christopher D ^a   Grove, Stephen J ^a   Raymond, Mary Anne ^a   Laforge, Mary C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient conditions; Attitude toward Web site; E servicescape; Purchase intentions; Spatial layout functionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149083300     PISSN: 15332861     EISSN: 1533287X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332860903182487     Document Type: Article

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