Smart home services as the next mainstream of the ICT industry: determinants of the adoption of smart home services

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Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 175-190

  Park, Eunil ^a   Kim, Sunghyun ^b   Kim, YoungSeok ^b   Kwon, Sang Jib ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Perceived connectedness; Smart home services; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; SURVEYS;

COMPATIBILITY; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTENTION TO USE; PERCEIVED CONNECTEDNESS; SMART HOME SERVICES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

EID: 85016034685     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-017-0533-0     Document Type: Article

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