Online consumer decision-making styles for enhanced understanding of Macau online consumer behavior

Asia Pacific Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 100-107

  Sam, Kin Meng ^a   Chatwin, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factor score coefficient; Online consumer behavior; Online consumer style inventory; Online consumers'decision making styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943157385     PISSN: 10293132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmrv.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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