This qualitative study is the first to validate immersion as a relevant concept to capture the essence of online commercial experiences. The studies identify the most important experiential components of e-commerce web sites using virtual reality devices and shed some light on the influence of...

This qualitative study is the first to confirm the validity of immersion as a relevant concept to capture the essence of online commercial experiences. Our study also highlights the specificities of immersive experiences engendered by virtual reality applications available on commercial web...

Trust is a crucial factor in e-commerce. However, consumers are less likely to trust unknown Web sites. This study explores how less-familiar e-commerce Web sites can use branding alliances and Web site quality to increase the likelihood of initial consumer trust. We use the associative network...

Dès 2007, Mary Meeker (Morgan Stanley), la plus célèbre prévisionniste du Web1, annonce que la prochaine plus forte progression est celle des services mobiles, à partir de terminaux très simples à utiliser : l'iPhone 3G, la Wii, le Kindle… Son intuition est la bonne. Depuis cette date,...

Based on 102 online surveys accounting for more than 3 million interviews, we show that websites are powerful purchase intent and brand builders and represent a strong opportunity to enhance customer relationships through “conversation” with the brand's best customers.

The paper proposes an analytical framework for comparing different business models for producing information goods and digital services. It is based on three dimensions that also refer to contrasted literature: the economics of matching, the economics of assembling and the economics of knowledge...