Young people have rapidly adopted the practice of using a variety of channels through which to shop, especially for products that require thorough information on features and price. IT & C products fall into this category, and buyers using multiple channels benefit from the advantages of...

This paper proposes a framework for demand estimation with data on bids, bidders' identities, and auction covariates from a sequence of eBay auctions. First the aspect of bidding in a marketplace environment is developed. Form the simple dynamic auction model with IPV and private bidding costs...

Rapid development and growth of Internet facilitate business and transforms today's economies. Nowadays is almost impossible to do business or some other activities without Internet usage. Internet enables transactions among clients and stores, which has positive impact on doing business....

This study investigates the effect of website security, as a key dimension of e-service quality, on purchase intention, perceived value and brand loyalty in business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce context. Hypotheses were developed based on previous literature. Afterwards, an empirical research...

This paper attempts to clarify the underlying mechanism behind purchase decision on B2C e-commerce web sites. Research question of the study is to investigate the interaction between brand equity, perceived value and purchase intention in B2C ecommerce context by specifically questioning the...

Purpose - This study examines how consumer cosmopolitanism and ethnocentrism is related to Chinese cross-border e-commerce(CBEC) consumers' purchase intention and channel choice. Particularly, we focused on CBEC channel choice (foreign or local) and investigated its relationship with consumer...

This article examines how the consumer's search cost and filtering on a retail platform affect the platform, the third-party sellers, and the consumers. We show that, given the platform's percentage referral fee, a lower search cost can either increase or lower the platform's profit. By...

Price comparison websites, where consumers can compare prices at a search cost that is close to zero, have become increasingly common around the world. Using daily information on prices, click-throughs, and the number of retailers for a sample of consumer electronics and durable goods over a...

Many online marketplaces (e.g., Amazon) use recommendation systems to personalize product recommendations for each customer. In practice, many recommendation systems are “profit-based,” recommending the product that maximizes the marketplaces’ expected profit from each consumer. We study...