The relative importance of e-tailer website attributes on the likelihood of online purchase

Internet Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-183

  Tamimi, Nabil ^a   Sebastianelli, Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; E trust; Online reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924958573     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IntR-07-2013-0131     Document Type: Article

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