Internet Research: Volume 12 Issue 2

A cross‐industry review of B2B critical success factors

Riyad Eid, Myfanwy Trueman, Abdel Moneim Ahmed

Business‐to‐business international Internet marketing (B2B IIM) has emerged as one of the key drivers in sustaining an organisation’s competitive advantage. However, market entry…

Methodologies for crawler based Web surveys

Mike Thelwall

There have been many attempts to study the content of the Web, either through human or automatic agents. Describes five different previously used Web survey methodologies, each…

Supporting the e‐business readiness of small and medium‐sized enterprises: approaches and metrics

Dawn Jutla, Peter Bodorik, Jasbir Dhaliwal

Government initiatives are continuously being designed to create stable and supportive environments for developing new industries. Presents a conceptual model for use by…

Influences on the intent to make Internet purchases

Joey F. George

Using the theory of planned behavior as the theoretical base, data collected through a semi‐annual survey of Web users were used to determine if beliefs about privacy and Internet…

A model of price search behavior in electronic marketplace

Pingjun Jiang

An increasing interest in consumer behavior online is the investigation of their price search activities. Most empirical evidence from Internet shopping literature suggests…

Web usage, advertising, and shopping: relationship patterns

Pradeep Korgaonkar, Lori D. Wolin

Web sales reached over 30 billion dollars in the year 2001. This study explores the differences between heavy, medium, and light Web users in terms of their beliefs about Web…

No model is an island

David G. Schwartz