A study of internet book reviews and borrowing intention

Library Review

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 512-521

  Huang, Yun Kuei ^a   Yang, Wen I ^a  

^a TAKMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Books; Consumer behaviour; Internet; Lending services

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955283392     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242531011065109     Document Type: Article

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