Are Chinese consumers ready to adopt mobile smart home? An empirical analysis

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 496-511

  Bao, Haijun ^a   Chong, Alain Yee Loong ^b   Ooi, Keng Boon ^c   Lin, Binshan ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b University of Nottingham   (China)

^c Linton University College   (Malaysia)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Internet of things; Mobile smart home; Structural equation modelling; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; INTERNET OF THINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHINA; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; SMART HOMES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84906884213     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: 17415217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2014.064595     Document Type: Article

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