Conceptualising fun in mobile commerce environments

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-40

  Davis, Robert ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Creative Industries and Business   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

case study; conceptual; fun; hedonic; mobile commerce; mobile communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956256236     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: 17415217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2010.030518     Document Type: Article

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