Social Network Sites (SNSs) are a success story by example. User counts as well as page visits have rocketed in recent years. In this paper we propose to utilize Transaction Cost Theory (TCT) and Social Capital Theory (SCT) to make sense of what kind of social interaction is executed on SNSs and why. In doing so we will show how TCT can be applied to SNSs by proposing to include in the theory t...

Nowadays we can perform business transactions with remote servers interconnected to Internet using our personal devices. These transactions can also be possible without any infrastructure in pure adhoc networks. In both cases, interacting parts are often unknown, therefore, they require some mechanism to establish ad-hoc trust relationships and perform secure transactions. Operating systems for...

This paper has several objectives. First, it illustrates the history and explosive growth of Internet banking services in China. In general, the development of Internet banking services is still in its nascent stages in China, with a considerable quantity of potential customers. Second, we discuss the characteristics of Internet banking in China. We have determined that Chinese Internet banking...

Despite high expectations, transactions through Internet based electronic marketplaces have not expanded rapidly. Recent evidence suggests that the peculiar characteristics of purchasing through Internetbased electronic marketplaces may actually increase sourcing risk. Such marketplaces may expose buyers to suppliers with whom they have no transaction history. Transacting through a public mediu...

In this paper we analyze how transactions related to the exchange of goods and services are being performed on the Internet. The adoption of electronic markets in an industry has a disintermediation potential because it can create a direct link between the producer and the consumer (without the need for the intermediation role of distributors). Electronic markets lower the search cost, allowing...

Terry Jones and Mary Norris are with Wiggin & Dana LLP in New Haven, CT. Ms. Norris practices intellectual property and general business law, with particular emphasis on information technology, artistic, and copyright and trademark licensing, e-commerce and Internet issues, and publishing in all media, in the United States and abroad. She is chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Gr...

This study identifies evaluative, attitudinal, and behavioral factors that enhance or reduce the likelihood of consumers aborting intended online transactions (transaction abort likelihood). Path analyses show that risk perceptions associated with eshopping have direct influence on the transaction abort likelihood, whereas benefit perceptions do not. In addition, consumers who have favorable at...

Innovative technologies are changing the landscape of interorganizational relationships. Following proprietary interorganizational information systems (IOS), the advent of Internet-based electronic commerce provided new opportunities and challenges to connect businesses, facilitate transactions, and enable collaborations among business partners, sellers and buyers, and businesses and public ins...

TWO constituencies form the backbone of a journal and act as stewards of its quality. One is the Editorial Board, whose judgments on the quality of manuscripts shape a journal signifi cantly and set the tone for its direction. Equally important, but perhaps not as externally visible, is the body of external reviewers who are called upon to review manuscripts. The IEEE Transactions on Mobile Com...

It is a cliché that the Internet has revolutionized many aspects of life in the past decade. Scientific publishing is but one of the many enterprises that have been impacted by the connectivity and high bandwidth afforded by the World Wide Web. Most scientific journals now have a web presence. That said, it is still remarkable the degree to which ACM in general and TODS in particular have embra...