The assessment of e-banking readiness in Jordan

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-342

  Salhieh, Loay ^a   Abu Doleh, Jamal ^b   Hijazi, Nada ^b  

^a GERMAN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Assessing E readiness; Bankers' perception; Banks; E banking; E banking services; Electronic commerce; IT infrastructure; Jordan; Services; Virtual banking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874182564     PISSN: 17538394     EISSN: 17538408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538391111186564     Document Type: Article

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