An Exploratory Study of Consumer Adoption of Online Shipping: Mediating Effect of Online Purchase Intention

International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 68-82

  Kulviwat, Songpol ^a   Thaku, Ramendra ^b   Guo, Chiquan ^c  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utah Valley State College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer adoption; electronic commerce; online purchase intention; online shopping; perceived attributes of innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001687907     PISSN: 15481131     EISSN: 1548114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jebr.2006040105     Document Type: Article

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