Chinese consumers' online group buying organized by institutional initiators. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 578 … valid samples were collected via an online survey. Multiple regressions were used to test the research model. Findings – The …) significantly positively influence consumers' attitudes toward online group buying. Originality/value – This study is the first one …

offsetting force during the COVID-19 crisis. The transition from the offline market to the online market and the enhanced search …’s online markets, by comparing the changes in price dispersion around the date of the lockdown with the corresponding changes … different crisis-time demand elasticities (e.g., food versus clothes) and online search intensities, that the nationwide …