5G services, on their own or in combination with other technologies, are likely to have a transformative impact on e-commerce activities.

This paper integrates and extends research on e-commerce in the developing world. We use three categories of feedback systems–economic, sociopolitical and cognitive—to of[...]

Compared to business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce, business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce is larger, growing faster and has less unequal geographical distribution globally[...]

Internet and e-commerce are experiencing hyperbolic growth rates and highly asymmetric global distribution. There is also a significant variation worldwide in the means u[...]

Click fraud is a substantial threat in the cyberworld. Here, the author examines the contexts, mechanisms, and processes associated with the click-fraud industry from an [...]

International Online Outshopping (IOO) is the virtual movement of consumers from one electronic marketplace to another across the globe with the intention of purchasing g[...]

Over the past decade, online shopping appears to have been a common activity in this technological world where consumers have the ability to engage in all stages of decis[...]

Online shopping has become increasingly popular with sales of $263 billion in 2013 an increase of 36% as compared to 2011 (www.Shop.org). However, consumer behavior that [...]

This article provides a parsimonious research model that assists in the study of infomediary roles in B2C E-Commerce, their level of integration and sophistication, and t[...]

The Internet can extend market reach and operational efficiency of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and enhance their contributions to the U.S. economy. This paper rep[...]

The Internet revolution is sweeping the globe with such swiftness that companies around the world are trying to understand what is occurring, what it all means, where it [...]

This article proposes an architecture to support information and knowledge exchange between collaborating business partners. The focus is on knowledge representation and [...]

The percentage of U.S. consumers shopping and purchasing through the Internet is growing. The consumer has adapted to using the Internet to purchase products and retailer[...]

Presents the introductory editorial for this issue of the publication.

The meteoric rise in cybercrime has been an issue of pressing concern to our society. According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), nine out of 10 U.S. companies ex[...]

Retail shopping is being revolutionized by the Internet and e-commerce. Big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things devices have further fueled th[...]

With rapid advances in information technology, information systems and software have become more versatile and multifunctional. However, users may have varying degrees of[...]

Recently, studies of B2C e-commerce have used intention theory to understand the role of trust of Internet transactions but most have investigated only a component of e-c[...]

In recent years, there has been increased participation in e-commerce activities among rural communities in developing countries. Despite this progress, e-commerce in dev[...]

The productivity and profitability of organizations depend on the efficacy of their business processes. Monitoring the performance of these processes in delivering organi[...]

Much work is required to understand how the conceptualizations that comprise business processes across the extended enterprise can be captured, represented, shared, and p[...]

Web-based businesses succeed by cultivating consumers' trust, starting with their beliefs, attitudes, intentions, and willingness to perform transactions at Web sites and[...]