Consumers worldwide can shop online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Some market sectors, including insurance, financial services, computer hardware and software, travel, books, music, video, flowers, and automobiles, are experiencing rapid growth in online sales. For example,...

Presents the findings from a panel data on consumer buying behavior on the Internet. Advantages and disadvantages of panel data for survey research; Demographics of online consumers; Dollar amount that consumers are spending online; Total online spending projections in the United States

We examine three possible explanations for differences in Internet privacy concerns revealed by national regulation: (1) These differences reflect and are related to differences in cultural values described by other research; (2) these differences reflect differences in Internet experience; or (3)...