An observation of online auction difficulties for consumers

ICIC Express Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 615-621

  Kuo, Hui Ming ^a   Chen, Cheng Wu ^a,b   Hsu, Chih Hung ^c   Chen, Ching Wen ^b  

^a SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Auction site; Difficulties; Observation; Structured interview

Indexed keywords

AUCTION SITES; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; INTERNET AUCTIONS; INTERNET SHOPPING; ONLINE AUCTIONS; ONLINE SHOPPING; POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INTERNET; PURCHASING; SALES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 77953902667     PISSN: 1881803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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