barriers they perceive to adopt the Internet, and the types of e-commerce activities they implement in their companies. In … results obtained show that the motivation for entrepreneurship based on family tradition is related to less Internet adoption … with Internet use for relationship purposes with clients and suppliers. This information is considered relevant in …

The Internet has evolved from Web 1.0, with static web pages and limited interactivity, to Web 2.0, with dynamic … Internet content has generally remained the same: zero. Because no transaction records the "purchase" of this content, its … value is not reflected in measured growth and productivity. To capture the contribution of the "free" Internet, we model the …

This paper examines the relation between prices in conventional stores and on the Internet. Main results from the … to Internet reaches a critical level, ii) the relation between prices depends on convenience costs of shopping in regular … stores as well as on transport and navigation costs for goods bought over Internet, iii) retailers who only sell through …

variation in consumer's use of the Internet for tasks like “porn” and “cat videos” as measured by Google Trends. My estimates …

An Internet retailer's (e-tailer's) outstanding virtual location enhances the probability of being noticed by potential … analysis, an e-tailer's Internet search engine rank as well as its advertising activities in search engines serve as proxies …

-to-one customization. Hence, we show evidence the Internet acts as a substitute to brick-and-mortar stores for households in relative …