Building a research model for mobile wallet consumer adoption: The case of mobile Suica in Japan

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-110

  Amoroso, Donald L ^a   Magnier Watanabe, Rémy ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contactless; Electronic money; Japan; Mobile payment; Suica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860002337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07181876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-18762012000100008     Document Type: Article

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