comparison of online versus offline price dispersion. We find evidence of significantly lower price dispersion on the internet … contemporaneous online and offline transaction data for airline tickets including ticket characteristics and medium of sale permitting …The internet presumably reduces search costs and creates an “efficient” market. Prior research quantifying the …

area. The findings will assist in the development of research on new online and offline channel phenomena in the era of the … emergence of the internet and the digital economy has led to new marketing channels and practices that question the usefulness … mature, and the field is saturated. However, the development of e-commerce and online channels have changed the structure of …

American households. This relationship is explored within two purchase environments, namely online and offline. The authors … online environment. Design/methodology/approach – The survey was delivered to 156 households in a small town in the Midwest …, system security concerns, general security concerns for those purchasing in online environments.  …

Purpose – This paper aims to introduce the notion of investigative research on the internet (IRI) and conceptualise its …/methodology/approach – Investigative internet‐based research uses the techniques of ethnography and netnography, including variations of participant … conceptualise some internet‐based studies that do not conform to netnographic or ethnographic ideals. Research limitations …

internet fraud complaints that are gathered by the Federal Trade Commission in the USA. The implications that are contained in … the behavior of the complaints and trends identified are critical for addressing all types of online criminal activities … are indigenous to the occurrences of online fraud complaints in the USA. However, as the leading nation with the best …

Purpose – The objective of this study is to analyze price dispersion in the context of internet based shopping malls … and assess which of the main informational elements available online about sellers affect online price dispersion. Design … variable of product type were performed. Findings – It is shown that price dispersion is present even in an online shopping …

Zusammenfassung Das Internet hat sich als touristische Informationsquelle etabliert und wird von einem Großteil der … Informationen zu finden. Um das Suchverhalten von Touristen im Internet zu verstehen, muss es jedoch dahingehend beleuchtet werden … Konsumation von Tourismusangeboten steht. Es ist weiters wichtig, die verschiedenen Einflussfaktoren auf das Online …

obtained through an online experiment applying two scenarios that only differ by the use of either a positive or a negative …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a set of measures that enable better understanding of online … definition of terms and classification of online communities, a framework for assessing the value of communities is presented … influence the valuation of online communities. Findings – There are three key points that should allow a structured approach to …