A qualitative study in consumer behavior of Skype Internet phone

International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 151-157

  Yen, Chia Chen ^a   Hsu, Jih Shih ^a   Yen, Yung Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Consumer Behavior; Qualitative Study; Skype

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; INTERNET APPLICATION; INTERNET PHONE; INTERNET PHONE SERVICES; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; QUALITATIVE STUDY; SCHEMA CHANGES; SKYPE; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; TIME-PERIODS; VALUE ADDED SERVICE;

INTERNET; TELEPHONE SETS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 82155192188     PISSN: 19759339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4156/jdcta.vol5.issue11.19     Document Type: Article

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