Communication behaviors and perceptions of mobile internet adopters

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Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 54-73

  Gerpott, Torsten J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Internet; Mobile communication systems; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954226853     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636691011057082     Document Type: Article

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