Online shopping phenomena are governed by a number of consumer acceptance and behaviour characteristics and grounded in theoretical aspects of consumer decision making. There are a number of factors that affect what we buy, when we buy, and why we buy. In reference to buying online, the factors...

Purpose – To explore and add insight to the online‐dating services phenomena which is the next product and beneficiary of the internet revolution that offers customers a convenient and affordable alternate to traditional methods of dating. Design/methodology/approach – Empirically...

Purpose – The paper's purpose is to analyse the influence of online shopping information dependency and innovativeness on the acceptance of internet shopping. Design/methodology/approach – The impact of online shopping information dependency, domain‐specific innovativeness and technology...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to analyse the impact of the internet, as a new information channel for the consumer, on business results, and in particular, the consequences of attitude towards the web site with regard to customer behaviour and web site sponsor brand....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide practitioners of management and information technology a sense of how the automobile industry uses the internet to market its products. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the applied literature on practices and actual examples of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of e‐security seals on web sites and their relative impact on e‐commerce firm reputation in influencing customers' perceptions of trust in a service provider. Design/methodology/approach – Two interrelated empirical studies are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand customers' repurchase intentions in online shopping. This study extends the technology acceptance model (TAM) by introducing e‐service quality dimensions, trust and enjoyment in the development of a theoretical model to study customers'...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of culture on the relationship between each of the dimensions of e‐service quality and satisfaction with a web site involving purchase of a tourism service. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was administered to 300...