The influence of Electronic Word of Mouth (eWOM) on consumers` purchase intentions has been known for a long time. However, eWOM has gained a new dimension with the advent of social media. Before this new phenomenon, people were able to talk with anonymous people on the Internet. Social media enable people to talk with friends and acquaintances, on the Internet. This new way of eWOM might be mo...

The main objective of this paper is to comprehend that exists between consumer values and perceived website attitude and consequences. 482 experienced Internet users of B2C online shopping in Taiwan. Empirical results indicated that both consumer values positively influenced on perceived trust and both negatively influenced on perceived risk of the website. For consequent variables, perceived t...

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new conceptual framework for halal cosmetics products. This paper identifies the antecedent factors that influence the intention to purchase halal cosmetics products among consumers. Knowledge, purity and safety have also been found to influence the customers to buy halal cosmetics products. The findings indicate that there is relationship between indep...

The purpose of this experiment was to examine the effect of web page text/background color combination on readability, retention, aesthetics, and behavioral intention. One hundred and thirty-six participants studied two Web pages, one with educational content and one with commercial content, in one of four color-combination conditions. Major findings were: a) Colors with greater contrast ratio ...

Most of previous studies either take product knowledge as a moderator, or involve varying degree of product knowledge on the consumers’ perceived evaluation as an influential factor. It is rare to come across research that discusses how both brand image and product knowledge affect purchase intention. Thus, this research has chosen both an intrinsic and an extrinsic product cue─brand image and ...

The purpose of this experiment was to examine the effect of web page text/background colour combination on readability, retention, aesthetics, and behavioural intention. One hundred and thirty-six participants studied two Web pages, one with educational content and one with commercial content, in one of four colour-combination conditions. Major findings were: (a) Colours with greater contrast r...