e-commerce that has undergone an increasing trend in recent years has been regarded as the modern method for transfer of information and economic exchange.   this phenomenon brings about massive changes in most of relations between various economic institutions. such changes have also occurred in tax systems. hence, the present research aims to investigate effect of e-commerce on tax structure ...

This paper addresses the fundamental requirements for starting an online business. It covers the process of ideation, conceptualization, formulation, and implementation of new venture ideas on the Web. Using Facebook as an illustrative example, we learn how to turn an idea into a successful electronic business and to execute a business plan with IT skills, management expertise, a good entrepren...

The popularity of social networking sites’ (SNSs) services is changing the landscape of ecommerce. SNSs are providing consumers and businesses the platform to engage in social commerce (s-commerce). The use of SNSs to conduct s-commerce activities is utilising the advantages of the synergetic experience and motivation to buy in crowds. Through SNSs, businesses are able to reach more consumers a...

iran’s small and medium enterprises (smes) have been widely introduced in the market these days. in the emerging trend of electronic data interchange, iran’s political, economical and social issues have been diverted to a more aggressive approach to the world of e-commerce, that despite the shadowing issues of the past, iran already internalized the promising craft of e-commerce through various...

This paper describes ongoing research investigating mobile commerce (m-commerce) in Japan. Using a social informatics perspective to inform a sociotechnical analysis of the uses of mobile phones by a sample of Japanese consumers, this research provides insights into ways in which Japanese culture is changing as mobile phone technologies and m-commerce become routinized in Japanese life.

Social network analysis emerged as an important research topic in sociology decades ago, and it has also attracted scientists from various fields of study like psychology, anthropology, geography and economics. In recent years, a significant number of researches has been conducted on using social network analysis to design e-commerce recommender systems. Most of the current recommender systems ...

Understanding why people seek shopping recommendations from others on social commerce sites can help managers design strategies to encourage users’ engagement of social commerce. The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of customers’ intention to seek shopping recommendations on social commerce sites. Drawing upon the theories of social capital and behavioral intention, a resear...

To the best of our knowledge there has been no study that has published a literature review of Internet advertising, online market places, and social e-commerce in the Information System discipline journals. Publishing such articles relating to literature reviews of online market places and Internet advertising is extremely important and essential for the following reasons: (1) to provide insig...