An empirical examination of user adoption of location-based services

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-39

  Zhou, Tao ^a  

^a HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flow; Location based services; Privacy risk; Trust

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; LOCATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; FLOW; FLOW EXPERIENCE; LOCATION-BASED SERVICES; PERCEIVED RISK; PRIVACY CONCERNS; PRIVACY RISKS; TRUST; USER ADOPTIONS; USER PRIVACY;

LOCATION BASED SERVICES;

EID: 84874231068     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-013-9106-3     Document Type: Article

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