Online service switching behavior: The case of blog service providers

Journal of Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 184-197

  Zhang, Kem Z K ^a   Cheung, Christy M K ^b   Lee, Matthew K O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Blog; Online service; Push pull mooring; Service switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865279245     PISSN: 19389027     EISSN: 15266133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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