Internet Research: Volume 22 Issue 3

Online experiences and virtual goods purchase intention

Echo Huang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of interactive and social features on users' online experiences and their purchase intention of virtual goods from a social…

Mining consumer dialog in online forums

Carolin Kaiser, Freimut Bodendorf

The paper's aim is to mine and analyze opinion formation on the basis of consumer dialogs in online forums.

Job search on the internet and its outcome

Farrukh Suvankulov, Marco Chi Keung Lau, Frankie Ho Chi Chau

This paper aims to estimate the impact of job search on the internet on the probability of re‐employment and the duration of unemployment spells.

Exploring consumer value of multi‐channel shopping: a perspective of means‐end theory

Cheng‐Chieh Hsiao, Hsiu Ju Rebecca Yen, Eldon Y. Li

With advances in information technology, multi‐channel shopping (MCS) has become a prevailing purchasing pattern today. Although MCS provides more benefits than single‐channel…

A holistic approach to the analysis of online profiles

Helena Bukvova

The article aims to present a holistic approach to analysis of patterns on complex online profiles, demonstrated on profiles of European scientists.

Effects of quality antecedents on e‐learning acceptance

Yung‐Ming Cheng

The main purpose of this study is to examine whether quality factors as the antecedents to learner beliefs can affect learners' intention to use an e‐learning system.