Trust is a major aspect of decision making when two parties are involved, and the lack of face to face exchanges of the Internet deeply changes relations and behaviours regarding the available services. The already existing trust management systems over the Internet are one way only. Either they allow a provider to tell what it expects from a client (identification, qualifications), either it a...

The Semantic Web is a decentralized forum on which anyone can publish structured data or extend and reuse existing data. This inherent openness of the Semantic Web raises questions about the trustworthiness of the data. Data is usually deemed trustworthy based on several factors including its source, users’ prior knowledge, the reputation of the source, and the previous experience of users. How...

Because business-to-business (B2B) electronic marketplaces (e-marketplaces) facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers, they strive to foster a trustworthy trading environment with a variety of trust-building measures. However, little research has been undertaken to explore trust-building measures used in B2B e-marketplaces, or to determine to what extent these measures are applied in B...

W ITH the continuous drive towards availability of data and services anytime anywhere, privacy risks have significantly increased. We are now witnessing vast amounts of privacy-sensitive data being collected, sometimes unintentionally, in a myriad of different types of networks. Unauthorized disclosure, modification, usage, or denial of access to these data may result in high human and financia...

As online business thrives, a company’s Web presence holds enormous importance as a source of information, entertainment, and customer service for Internet users. Besides being user-friendly, a Web site should offer interesting and enjoyable content to attract online visitors in an ever-changing multimedia environment. Companies that operate globally must know how cultural differences influence...

BACKGROUND Internet sources are becoming increasingly important in seeking health information, such that they may have a significant effect on health care decisions and outcomes. Hence, given the wide range of different sources of Web-based health information (WHI) from different organizations and individuals, it is important to understand how information seekers evaluate and select the sources...

In recent years, online transactions have become more prevalent than it was. This means that the number of online users to perform such transactions keeps growing, causing an increase in the level of expectations for them. One of those expectations is to enable them to get a better understanding of such transactions before going ahead with it. Consequently, trust and reputation models represent...

Being open and transparent creates trust is one of the BMJ Publishing Group’s nine values. Does the BJSM leadership team act openly and transparently to deserve the trust of our community? We put our case here but we leave the verdict to our valued readers and respected communities (including our 19 member societies who total over 12 000 subscribers). When we consider ‘BJSM’ we refer to the bro...