An empirical model of home internet services quality in Thailand

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-210

  Thaichon, Paramaporn ^a   Lobo, Antonio ^a   Mitsis, Ann ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commitment; Internet service provider; Satisfaction; Service quality; Thailand; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908023969     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/APJML-05-2013-0059     Document Type: Article

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