Understanding consumers’ decisions to adopt technology-enabled transformative services

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 15-16, 2015, Pages 846-864

  Schuster, Lisa ^a   Drennan, Judy ^a   Lings, Ian ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

competition; consumer acceptance; goals; mobile health; transformative service research

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84952298419     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2015.1090979     Document Type: Article

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