In many municipalities in Colombia, the diffusion of electronic commerce (e-commerce) and the expansion of internet coverage have led to economic development. However, some rural regions and municipalities still have limited access to this technology, and its benefits have not been fully...

Studying the acceptance and usage of technologies has become one of the most significant fields in software engineering domain. In order to explain the individuals' usage behavior towards technologies, many theories and models have been proposed over the years. This research paper focuses on...

Social commerce is a new extension of electronic commerce that involves using social media in the online shopping process. Although the adoption of social technologies was studied in several researches, it is still needed to investigate the specific characteristics of social commerce and the...

Online price comparison agents (shopbots) allow consumers toinstantaneously receive price and other information from many onlineretailers. Online consumer clickstream data from ComScore Inc.demonstrate that consumers are increasingly using shopbots to conductsearch. This phenomenon raises such...

The concept of privacy has proven difficult to analyze because of its subjective nature and susceptibility to psychological and contextual influences. This study challenges the concept of privacy as a valid construct for addressing individuals' concerns regarding online disclosure of personal...