SNS Technology Contribution to B2C Channel Benefits

Category: Concepts, Trends, and Challenges M Multi-channel Retailing in B2c E-commerce Multi-channel Retailing in B2c E-commerce

The Internet is not only a significant communication medium, it is also largely used as a channel of distribution. In the very beginning of the e-commerce era, most researchers and practitioners forecasted a sharp increase in Internet-based commercial applications, leading to a threat of existing business models. Already in 1980, Rosenberg and Hirschmann argued that in-home shopping could threa...

Benefits of Telecommunications Technology to GPS Users

For many years, telecommunications technology has assisted GPS users in accomplishing their tasks. Dial-up system over copper phone line enables users to download data from base station at remote locations. Radio modem provides wireless communications link between a base station and a rover to enable surveyors to carry out RTK-surveys. While these techniques are still very much in use, developm...

Providing Value to New Health Technology: The Early Contribution of Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Regulatory Agencies

Background New technologies constitute an important cost-driver in healthcare, but the dynamics that lead to their emergence remains poorly understood from a health policy standpoint. The goal of this paper is to clarify how entrepreneurs, investors, and regulatory agencies influence the value of emerging health technologies.   Methods Our 5-year qualitative research program examined the proces...

Formation of B2C Channel Blending Decisions: Trust vs. Efficiency

Trust is known to be vital to business to customer (B2C) electronic commerce adoption. However, its role in customers’ blending of the online and traditional channels is largely unexplored. In this study, we progress beyond single channel adoption and investigate the interplay of trust and perceived efficiency on channel blending. Our conceptual framework models channel blending as a dynamic co...

Technology contribution to prevention of noncommunicable diseases.