The impact of age and shopping experiences on the classification of search, experience, and credence goods in online shopping

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-148

  Wan, Yun ^a   Nakayama, Makoto ^b   Sutcliffe, Norma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credence goods; Experience goods; Generation gap; Online shopping; Quality perceptions; Search goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856226813     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-010-0156-y     Document Type: Article

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