This paper is the third report on an enlarging worldwide study of university students’ attitudes and opinions related to e‐commerce. The data set is made up of over 600 business majors distributed between three US and one Australian university. The purpose of the study was to explore...

Globalisation and technology effects appear to have spurred smaller firms around the world to embrace e‐business practices. However, there is considerable variability in adoption and usage from country to country. Drawing on existing research on e‐business and conventional business and...

Co‐operation is crucial to the successful marketing of tourism destinations, and electronic commerce offers exciting new opportunities for co‐operation among tourism suppliers. This article examines the reciprocal linking of Websites to create “virtual” tourism destination organisations,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on theories affecting consumers' online purchase intention of travel products. It seeks to explore the literature on the theoretical foundation of factors influencing customers' online purchase intentions in general and in the...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate online buyers' views for and against disintermediation of hotel reservation. Design/methodology/approach – A structured questionnaire was developed and a telephone survey was conducted in Hong Kong in March 2008. Findings – Empirical...

Purpose This study aims to examine the extant E-commerce performance literature to derive a coherent framework to further the understanding, identify research gaps and suggest potential future study directions. Design/methodology/approach Based on theoretical sampling (Corbin and Strauss, 2008),...

In this study, we compare the pricing behavior between online branches of traditional retailers (OBTRs) and online‐only retailers (ORs). Focusing on branded electronics sold online, we find that no significant pricing differences between ORs and OBTRs, but ORs seem to price slightly higher...

The purpose of this study is to examine differences in consumers’ perceptions of an acceptable price range and their responses to the advertised reference price in terms of internal reference price, price‐search intention, and perceived value between online and offline retail channels. This...

Purpose – This paper sets out to examine the factors influencing internet‐based e‐commerce in the electronic manufacturing companies in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The sample data are derived from a questionnaire survey of 194 companies selected from the Federation of...

Purpose – Buyer trust is needed to begin any purchasing relationship whether the exchange is to take place online or offline. In the online environment, instilling trust is critical to the formation of a purchasing relationship owing to the perception of increased risk on the part of the...