The Impact of Endogenous Motivations on Adoption of IT-Enabled Services: The Case of Transformative Services in the Energy Sector

Journal of Service Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 356-371

  Wunderlich, Philipp ^a   Kranz, Johann ^b   Totzek, Dirk ^a   Veit, Daniel ^a   Picot, Arnold ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

consumer motivation; information technology; IT enabled services; service adoption; transformative services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880999815     PISSN: 10946705     EISSN: 15527379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094670512474841     Document Type: Article

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