By comparing the business practices and performance of foreign-invested and local Internet companies in China, this article outlines the important factors that multinational corporations must address to gain competitive advantages in China's e-commerce sector. Specifically, this research...

We conduct a field experiment at a nonprofit organization's online store to study how demand changes when consumers' purchases can generate revenue for a charitable cause. When purchases can trigger a small donation by an outside anonymous group, consumers respond strongly and apparently without...

Previous studies by Freund & Weinhold (2004) and others have highlighted the trade promoting effect of the Internet. However, recent developments in structural gravity modelling emphasise the importance of controlling for multilateral resistance. We employ a gravity framework to assess the role...

The purpose of this paper is to distinguish the impacts of e-commerce on marketing and operations functions and investigate how these impacts have affected performance of Taiwanese SMEs. We also investigate the moderating roles of size and e-commerce experience of SMEs on the e-commerce...

Hoy en día el avance de las tecnologías, las nuevas herramientas de competitividad y la rapidez para concretar negocios han impulsado el desarrollo del comercio electrónico, el cual ha cambiado la forma de vender un producto o servicio por medio de la red Internet y otras redes de...

El comercio Electrónico se está transformando en un mecanismo cada vez más viable para el crecimiento productivo de los países, y el internet, además de ser un canal de comunicación muy eficaz, también se está transformando en un mercado alternativo para productos y servicios en el mundo...

Although personal information privacy concerns have been around for years, the introduction of E-commerce and its associated technologies presents privacy concerns anew. The Fortune 500 represents traditional leadership in the use of technologies and business practices. This preliminary study...

This paper draws on the literature on innovation in clusters and e-commerce to investigate how a particular kind of innovation project, the establishment of a regional e-marketplace (REM), may contribute to regional development. Using a firm-centred perspective, the role of geographical and...

Despite the importance of co-creating value in the actual business models, few studies have focused specifically on the phenomenon. First, the concept of value co-creation of value is precisely defined. Then, the authors work to develop criteria for assessing the co-creation of value. The study,...

A whole slew of companies have chosen to adopt multi-channel distribution strategies wherein a given customer induced to visit several channels simultaneously to derive the specific advantages that each channel offers at a different stage of the decision-making process. The present article...