The advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution has made it inevitable for firms worldwide to modify their business models to integrate ICTs into their operations. The lockdown measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic appear to have accelerated this process as many businesses, particularly in the...

This paper aims to examine how two recent external shocks-the Covid-19 pandemic and 5G services-are transforming online shopping submarkets in Korea by estimating the effects of these two shocks on mobile shopping sales and conversion, which refers to substitution for shopping over fixed...

This policy brief reports on the activity of online platforms during the COVID-19 crisis. Google Trends data for OECD and other G20 countries indicate that in some areas (such as retail sales, restaurant delivery, and mobile payments) online-platform use increased markedly during the first half...

Although numerous reports predict huge growth potential for online shopping under COVID-19 pandemic, many do not know about determinants of user intention to continue using online shopping under such a pandemic. Given that how to motivate continuousness and retain consumers under a pandemic is...

Fliegen, Autofahren und auf engem Raum mit Fremden U-Bahn und Busse teilen – das war bisher der Mobilitätsalltag vieler Menschen. Doch innerhalb weniger Wochen ist unsere Welt durch COVID-19 beinahe zum Stillstand gekommen. Die Pandemie offenbart systembedingte Schwächen der deutschen...

The purpose of this study is to investigate and explore how E-Commerce forms are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; it also aims to perceive how their value chains have changed. This paper will help students gain professional and practical skills being undertaken in this kind of circumstances,...