Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical study demonstrating the impact of internet banking, specifically the traffic rank and reach of the web site, on bank performance. Design/methodology/approach – The current study measures the impact of web site rank, percent of...

In order to ensure the continuing expansion and success of electronic commerce, the issue of how to assess product quality of items sold over the Internet must be addressed. The formal literature of microeconomics presents a conceptual framework for this assessment that is applied in the case...

The introduction of new digital production and distribution technologies may alter the firms' strategy sets, as they are not able to commit credibly to quantity strategies anymore. Mixed oligopoly markets may emerge where some companies compete in prices, while others adjust their quantities....

Amazon ist der größte Onlinemarktplatzbetreiber in Deutschland. Zudem bietet es für Onlinehändler Logistikdienstleistungen an und gehört zu den größten Paketdienstleistern. Die Position als Onlinemarktplatzbetreiber bietet Amazon die Möglichkeit, seine Paket- und Logistikdienstleistungen...

Dark Patterns sind Designmuster, die auf Webseiten oder auch in mobilen Applikationen verwendet werden. Sie sollen Menschen dazu bringen, entgegen dem ursprünglich intendierten Verhalten, bestimmte Aktionen oder Handlungen auszuführen, um beispielsweise etwas zu kaufen. Dark Patterns sind in...

Through a structured literature review and an exploratory factor analysis, this thesis presents a conceptual framework with 6 key factors composed of 19 indicators, including government, consumer, company, product, operation and partnership, which affecting the development of e-logistics in...

Der vorliegende Beitrag betrachtet zentrale Aspekte des Lebensmittel-Onlinehandels in Deutschland. Die Entwicklung hin zu einer größeren Vielfalt in der Art und Weise wie Lebensmittel beschafft werden können, ist sehr komplex und unterliegt zahlreichen Trends. Technologischer Fortschritt und...

We investigate the effect of market structure on market performance in the market for consumer electronics. This research is novel, because we exploit product life cycle information to build an instrumental variable for the number of firms in a market, a variable which hitherto had to be treated...

Digitalization is a set part of today's society and even luxury brands feel the increasing need of a digital presence. More than half of all consumers of luxury goods buy them online on a regular basis. The luxury fashion brand Chanel still abstains from offering their most important items in...