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Intention to purchase on social commerce websites across cultures: A cross-regional study

Celeste See-Pui Ng
- 01 Dec 2013 - 
- Vol. 50, Iss: 8, pp 609-620
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The research supports the moderating effect of culture and the mediating role of trust in a social network community on the relationship between social interactions (in terms of closeness and familiarity) and intention to purchase in social commerce environments and suggests that social commerce market penetration in East Asia may have relatively fewer barriers to overcome and be more likely to succeed than in the Latin America region.
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This article is published in Information & Management.The article was published on 2013-12-01. It has received 357 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social network & Social learning.

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