When waiting is strategic: Evidence from Colombian M&As 1995-2008

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1736-1742

  Andonova, Veneta ^a,b   Rodriguez, Yeny ^b   Sanchez, Ivan Dario ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN BULGARIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Internet shopping; Online consumer behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878647244     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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