An Exploratory Study of the Design Preferences of U.S. and Chinese Virtual Communities

International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR)

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 46-70

  Tan, Felix B ^a   Lin, Helen J ^b   Urquhart, Cathy ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cross culture; design preferences; electronic commerce; virtual communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001574660     PISSN: 15481131     EISSN: 1548114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jebr.2006070104     Document Type: Article

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