Abstract This exploratory research aims at analyzing the success factors of environmentally sustainable products in crowdfunding campaigns by considering aspects such as customer needs to be addressed those products, technology and market targeted (niche vs. mass market). Original data from creators were collected through a questionnaire then analyzed with regression analysis additional descrip...

We model the availability of product information in Internet-based markets, and explain the underlying causes for the phenomenon of less than perfect information available to consumers of products and services in these markets. We use Salop’s model of product differentiation and explore the conditions under which sellers make horizontal information available to buyers. We demonstrate that under...

T developments combine previously distinct technologies that result in converging markets. In converging markets, firms from different industries compete against each other, often for the first time. We propose that firms introducing new products in converging markets will learn vicariously from other firms in the market. Further, we propose that this learning will vary across the dual-technolo...

Online markets play an important role for both online sellers and online buyers. Previous research has identified problems of information asymmetry in the online used goods markets, this research explore whether there are similar problems in the new-goods online markets. Grounded in “lemon market” theory, this study used panel data captured from eBay Motors. Employing Ordinary Least Squares ana...

Online markets pose a difficulty for evaluating products, particularly experience goods, such as used cars, that 11 cannot be easily described online. This exacerbates product uncertainty, the buyer’s difficulty in evaluating 12 product characteristics, and predicting how a product will perform in the future. However, the IS literature 13 has focused on seller uncertainty and ignored product un...

We empirically investigate fluctuations in product prices in online markets by using a tick-bytick price data collected from a Japanese price comparison site, and find some similarities and differences between product and asset prices. The average price of a product across e-retailers behaves almost like a random walk, although the probability of price increase/decrease is higher conditional on...