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Lamie, R. David; Barkley, David L.; Markley, Deborah M. – Journal of Extension, 2011
Rural small businesses struggling against the current of competition from "big box" retailers, weak consumer demand, and on-line shopping options must find strategies that work. Many are finding that adoption of e-commerce strategies is a key to survival, even prosperity. This article highlights the lessons learned from a recent case study…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Small Businesses, Internet, Online Systems
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Zhao, Jensen J.; Truell, Allen D.; Alexander, Melody W. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2006
This study examined the user-interface design characteristics of 107 Fortune 500 B2C e-commerce Web sites and industry differences. Data were collected from corporate homepages, B2C product/service pages, B2C interactive shopping pages, as well as customer satisfaction of 321 online shoppers. The findings indicate that (a) to attract online…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Web Sites, Industry, Marketing
Kantor, Paul B.; Kim, Kyunghye; Golden, Gary A. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Examines whether pricing Internet goods and services can adapt in real time to variations in the demand for different goods and services, so that revenue to the publishers and providers is increased. Establishes that presenting two test prices to 20 or 25 customers each will generate data which permit achievement of a high proportion of the…
Descriptors: Business, Costs, Information Industry, Information Services
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Siyal, M. Y.; Barkat, B. – Internet Research, 2002
Presents a framework for enhancing trust in Internet commerce. Shows how trust can be provided through a network of Trust Service Providers (TSp). Identifies a set of services that should be offered by a TSp. Presents a distributed object-oriented implementation of trust services using CORBA, JAVA and XML. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Business, Information Industry, Information Networks, Information Services
Feldman, Susan – Searcher, 1998
Presents results from a collective professional searcher evaluation of the effectiveness of Web search engines versus two traditional online services, DIALOG and Dow Jones Interactive. The conclusion outlines: searching assumptions; subjects and types of searches where DIALOG and Dow Jones Interactive showed superiority; advantages of using the…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Services, Information Sources