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Electronic Commerce Acceptance: A Study Comparing the United States and the United Kingdom

Electronic Commerce Acceptance: A Study Comparing the United States and the United Kingdom
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Author(s): Donna W. McCloskey (Widener University, USA)and David Whiteley (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Copyright: 2001
Pages: 4
Source title: Managing Information Technology in a Global Economy
Source Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-07-5.ch110
ISBN13: 9781930708075
EISBN13: 9781466665323

Abstract

This paper reports on a survey carried out in both the USA and the UK aimed at discovering what people bought online, why they did or did not use internet e-Commerce, any differences in activity and attitude between the US and UK and what might persuade people to take part in online shopping in the future. The results of this survey are reported in the rest of this paper.

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