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Web Site Quality and Accessibility: Where Are We and Where Do We Need to Go?

Posted August 31, 2008 | Leadership | Cutter Benchmark Review

Web sites are a major avenue by which companies communicate with their customers. Billions of dollars of goods and services are exchanged via Web sales each year. In fact, in 2007, more than US $160 billion in merchandise alone was sold online.1 In addition to sales, however, Web sites also serve the function of projecting the company's corporate image and providing consumers with basic company and product or service information.

About The Author
Eleanor Loiacono
Eleanor Loiacono is an Associate Professor of Management, Information Systems, at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She earned her PhD in information systems from the University of Georgia and has been published in journals, such as the Communications of the ACM, Computer IEEE, andInternational Journal of Electronic Commerce. Dr. Loiacono's research interests include IT accessibility, Web site quality, human-computer interaction, and affect in IS… Read More
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