A study of customer satisfaction with online shopping: Evidence from the UAE

International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-257

  Abdeldayem, Marwan Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Customer based electronic commerce; Internet shopping; Online shopping; UAE

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SALES; SURVEYS;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EASE-OF-USE; INTEGRATED MODELING; INTERNET SHOPPING; ONLINE SHOPPING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; WEB STORES;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 77955721492     PISSN: 14624613     EISSN: 17418003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMC.2010.034659     Document Type: Article

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