Explaining the adoption of mobile information services from a cultural perspective

Proceedings - 2011 10th International Conference on Mobile Business, ICMB 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 243-252

  Gao, Shang ^a,b   Krogstie, John ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ZHONGNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

Author keywords

Cultural dimensions; Individualism vs. collectivism; Mobile services adoption; Power distance; Uncertainty avoidance

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; INDIVIDUALISM VS. COLLECTIVISM; MOBILE SERVICE; POWER DISTANCE; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE;

INFORMATION SERVICES; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 80455130975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMB.2011.31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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