The article investigates determinants of usage intention (IU) of online travel agencies' (OTAs) services by consumers and their propensity for word-of-mouth (WOM). The determinants represent two groups of factors: (1) items reflecting the perceived quality of OTAs' platforms (PQ) and (2) those...

Manuscript type: Research Article Research Aims: This paper analyzes the role of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), perceived enjoyment, perceived social influence, consumer intention to engage, and brand loyalty in the context of gamification in e-commerce. Design/methodology/approach:...

We study consumer response towards sponsored search advertising and how to improve advertising performance on a large e-commerce platform. Our research design is based on a field experiment which randomizes the salience of ad disclosure to consumers, and a natural experiment which eradicates a...