Intention to purchase on social commerce websites across cultures: A cross-regional study

Information and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 609-620

  Ng, Celeste See Pui ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Social commerce; Social interactions; Social network site; Subgroup analysis; Trust transference

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; SALES; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; SOCIAL COMMERCES; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SUBGROUP ANALYSIS; TRUST TRANSFERENCE;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84893663463     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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