The business environment is at present moving through a dynamic and turbulent phase driven by technological change, globalisation, and increasingly competitive markets. This paper sets out to review the impact of the Internet on the business processes that support marketing, sales and the supply...

In today´s digital 21st century, almost all businesses face intense competition from competitors all around the globe. There are no borders and business area for the all companies is almost unlimited. As the main supports of mentioned fact are globalization and ICT´s development. Influences...

This research investigates the determinants and role of consumer trust in e-business. It examines consumer perceptions of trust in a Web site and addresses the following key research questions: What factors influence consumer trust in a Web site and what specific Web site trust cues are...

The purpose of this paper is to present and validate a model of factors influencing the customers' satisfaction on internet shopping in China. To attain these, a questionnaire was sent to 300 potential Chinese customers. The findings indicate that there are 15 items that influence consumer...

This paper presents the results of an empirical study of price dispersion in homogenous goods markets. Modern economic theory suggests that markets will inevitably have information asymmetries resulting in equilibriums with price dispersion even when goods are perfectly homogenous. Earlier...

This paper presents the results of an empirical study of price dispersion in homogeneous goods markets. Modern economic theory suggests that inevitable asymmetries of information in markets lead to an equilibrium in which price dispersion is present even when goods are perfectly homogenous. In...

The paper analyzes the socio-economic impacts of dropshipping - a new form of organization of sales, is rapidly gaining the Russian market. Dropshipping opens up tremendous prospects not only for ordinary people, but also for the Russian manufacturers, which if used properly can dropshipping...

An article about the transformation of the forms and methods of marketing in the context of the global economic crisis. The extensive development of e-commerce has led to the emergence of new forms of virtual sales and globalization of marketing. The author analyzes the changes taking place in...

We systematically overview the literature in keyword search and propose several promising research directions. The paper is organized by each agent in the search process; searchers, advertisers and the search engine and reviews the key research issues for each. For each group, we outline the...