social commerce, a new stream in e-commerce, enables hyper-informed consumers to support the businesses in new product development. hyper-informed consumers are the results of online communication provided by social media. these consumers have been empowered by web 2.0 technologies to have online communication, which drives value for the companies in new product development. trust is one the va...

Social commerce is a field that is growing rapidly with the rise of Web 2.0 technologies. This paper presents a review of existing research on this topic to ensure a comprehensive understanding of social commerce. First, we explore the evolution of social commerce from its marketing origins. Next, we examine various definitions of social commerce and the motivations behind it. We also investiga...

Privacy concerns ofthe users have been listed as one ofthe hindrances in the growth of e-commerce. Understanding the consequences of privacy and its relationship with risk perceptions may help in finding solutions to this problem. Internet users may use different strategies to protect their privacy so that they can become confident in taking part in e-commerce. In this study, we investigate how...

This study extends Web site customer orientation and salesperson customer orientation to C2C e-commerce marketing. According to customer orientation and customer value theory, the paper establishes the relationship model of consumer-to-consumer (C2C) Web site and seller customer orientation, customer value and behavioral intention. The researchers empirically examine the model employing structu...

With the rapid development of E-commerce activities, it is of critical importance to identify the determinants of repurchase intention to both researchers and practitioners. This research attempts to explain the relationship between online shopping businesses and customers by testing the model incorporating the mechanisms of perceived value, satisfaction, and consumers’ repurchase intention.

Rural e-commerce entrepreneurship is an effective and credible means to alleviate poverty promote sustainable social development, particularly in the Base of Pyramid (BoP). Understanding how encourage BoPs’ entrepreneurial intention rural market has become a key issue for private enterprises local governments. Based on event model, we constructed research framework evaluate factors influencing ...

Social commerce should make more efforts to retain existing customers. Shopping motivation which reflects the customers' behavior is one of the key factors to meet the users' needs. In order to attract customers, social commerce enterprise needs to better understand the shopping motivation. This study provided implications on social commerce business, service and consumer-oriented marketing str...

Objective Social business is a sub-category of electronic business that seeks social, innovative and cooperative approaches within online markets and also uses social media to attract social partnership and cooperation of such network users to support online purchasing and services. Trust is considered as an effective factor leading to successful social business. Because of the growing populari...