How could traditional financial institutions attract online users? Should they mimic their online counter-parts, or compete based on an existing offline business? This research compares different effects of the adoption drivers between pure-play and click-and-mortar e-payment services based on a trust-based Valence Framework. Use intention is proposed to be affected by perceived benefit, percei...

For technologies such as electronic commerce, mobile payments, internet and mobile banking etc. customers are concerned about security issues that arise as a result of adoption of these technologies. However, in practice, we find that customers forgo their considerations of risk in the technology, if the benefits of using the technology overpower the risks involved in using the technology. Unde...

The security of the electronic payment requires not only the deployment of cryptographic technologies such as encoding and the electronic signature, but above all, the existence of third parties of confidence whose role is to enable the users of electronic payment applications to have confidence in the use of these technologies. In general, Authorities of Certification belonging to the same inf...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The sheer volume of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) has presently been generated in Vietnam, posing a growing concern regarding its impact can have on the environment and human health. Therefore, the need for developing policies and regulations towards the environmentally sound management of e-waste is becoming crucial. Although the municipa...

Along with the rapid development of Internet, e-commerce has become an integral part of life. It owns most of its success to online payment. Nevertheless, some problems of the online payment are becoming the largest restricts in the development of e-commerce. The proposed Union-Bank Online Payment mode effectively solves these problems. Applying empirical research approach and model research ap...

The growth of open networks created the interest to commercialise it. The establishment of an electronic business mechanism must be accompanied by a digital – electronic payment system to transfer the value of transactions. Financial organizations are requested to offer a secure e-payment synthesis with equivalent levels of trust and security served in conventional paper-based payment transacti...

This paper empirically examines the impact of socioeconomic determinants upon the adoption of a recent UK e-Government initiative, the „Government Gateway‟. Five socio-economic characteristics that provide insights to Government Gateway adopters and non-adopters, as they were identified from the literature review used in this study. These included age, gender, education, income and occupation. ...

There are numerous opportunities to apply e-commerce technologies to networking. These include the assembly, pricing and payments for complementary infrastructure resources, and the selection of and payment for value-added collaboration and information access services. E-commerce can support the separate provision and coordination of these elements, or allow them to be bundled by a customer-car...

There are numerous opportunities to apply electronic commerce technologies to networking. These include the assembly, pricing, and payments for complementary infrastructure resources, and the selection of and payment for value-added collaboration and information access services. EC can support the separate provision and coordlnation of these elements, or allow them to be bundled by a f'undamcnt...

As it is the case in many countries in the world, electronic commerce (e-commerce) has gained increased acceptance by the population and became part of daily live of people in Turkey. There are still few differences on the consumer experiences between e-commerce and conventional retail settings. These main differences include the way the information is forwarded to the consumers, privacy of the...