An empirical examination on mobile services adoption in rural China

International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 328-334

  Hu, Feng ^a   Liu, Yong ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Innovation diffusion; Mobile services; Rural users; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; LIFE STYLES; MOBILE SERVICE; RURAL USERS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; URBAN-RURAL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RURAL AREAS; SURVEYS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 79954560328     PISSN: 19759339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4156/jdcta.vol5.issue1.35     Document Type: Article

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