Cette recherche vise à mieux comprendre la performance de l’entreprise liée à Internet en s’appuyant sur le modèle de l’alignement stratégique. A travers une approche contingente, le modèle conceptuel proposé met en avant la cohérence entre l’utilisation d’Internet,...

The evolution of distribution channels evolves towards a complex multi-channel form, through the increasing importance of the Internet. Along this line, consumer online reviews (COR) platforms rise in order to provide information about the quality of products and services. Despite a growing...

Online consumer reviews (OCR) are conceptualized as a specific form of online word-Of-Mouth, gathering both positive and negative information, numerical (ratings) and textual (comments) information, and which are driven by consumers for consumers on Internet plateforms. In this dissertation, we...

Secondhand shopping is a growing phenomenon. While secondhand shopping motivations received a lot of attention in marketing literature, consumer reluctance to shop secondhand remains under-Researched, especially in an online context. Yet, the stakes in better understanding this reluctance are...

Trust is a crucial factor in e-commerce. However, consumers are less likely to trust unknown Web sites. This study explores how less-familiar e-commerce Web sites can use branding alliances and Web site quality to increase the likelihood of initial consumer trust. We use the associative network...

The paper proposes an analytical framework for comparing different business models for producing information goods and digital services. It is based on three dimensions that also refer to contrasted literature: the economics of matching, the economics of assembling and the economics of knowledge...