Attribute perceptions as factors explaining mobile Internet acceptance of cellular customers in Germany: An empirical study comparing actual and potential adopters with distinct categories of access appliances

International Journal of e-Business Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Gerpott, Torsten J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption; Advanced mobile data services; Attribute perceptions; Diffusion of innovation; Information economic concepts; Mobile appliance categories; Mobile Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954467305     PISSN: 15481131     EISSN: 1548114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jebr.2011010101     Document Type: Article

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