Social commerce mediated by social media and social network platforms has led to the
development of new business models in e-commerce and digitized the consumer decision …

Social commerce (s-commerce) has become increasingly impactful to e-commerce and has
generated potential economic benefits. With the rise of online privacy concerns, we have …

Buyers' loyalty is critical for the success and survival of any online seller. Prior research
regards social capital as an important determinant of an individual's behavior. However …

Predicting the remaining useful life of machinery, infrastructure, or other equipment can
facilitate preemptive maintenance decisions, whereby a failure is prevented through timely …

Online retailers are increasingly using third-party online marketplaces (eg, Amazon,
Taobao) as an alternative sales channel to their website. While cross-channel sales …

This study used an extended version of the expectation confirmation model to explore how
friendship factors, along with the three variables in the expectation confirmation model (ie …

Presence has been regarded as an essential component for understanding individuals'
behaviour in online environments. Drawing upon self-determination theory (SDT), this study …

This paper attempts to study the impact of customer satisfaction and the Chinese electronic
retailers (E-retailers) competitiveness using quality factors. Two conceptual models based …

In today's emerging and competitive e-marketplaces, sellers must take competitive action to
improve their sales performance. E-marketplace platform operators offer sellers a portfolio of …

Drawing upon social capital theory, this study aims to investigate how different dimensions
of social capital affect online buyers' satisfaction and ultimately boost their loyalty to a …