Users and potential users of the sharing economy need to place a considerable amount of
trust in both the person and the platform with which they are dealing. The consequences of …

Electronic markets have grown substantially, and they are considered an effective form of
retail in recent years. Despite such growth, lack of physical transactions between different …

To enhance social media users' shopping experiences, social media platforms launched an
online shopping feature–the checkout button–allowing users to browse new products …

It is widely known in related literature that trust in a merchant reduces the perceived risk of
an online transaction. However, there are theoretical reasons to postulate that the perceived …

Motivated by the lack of knowledge of what factors deterring Internet users from adopting the
Internet shopping in developing cultures, this investigation is therefore intended to underline …

Purpose Social commerce websites have emerged as new platforms which integrate social
media features with traditional commerce aspects to enhance users' purchasing experience …

This article provides, through a survey of 295 college students, an empirical analysis of the
effects of situational involvement, perceived risk and trust expectation on the consumer's …

The purpose of this study is to propose a theoretical model to examine the antecedents of
repurchase intention in online group-buying by integrating the perspective of DeLone & …

This study investigates factors that affect consumer continuous use intention toward online
group buying and the degree that reciprocity and reputation of social exchange, trust, and …

The online merchant of an e-marketplace consists of an intermediary, providing the market
infrastructure, and the community of sellers conducting business within that infrastructure …