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Chien Hsiang Liao is a professor of the Department of Information Management at the Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan. His research focuses on e-services, informetrics, information systems, social capital, and social networks. His works have been published in the Research Policy, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Informetrics, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Computers in Human Behavior, Internet Research, Scientometrics, Journal of Computer-Assisted Learning, Online Information Review, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, etc.

Jung-Kuei Hsieh is an associate professor of the Department of Business Administration at National Taipei University, Taiwan. In his work, he focuses on digital marketing, social media and service science. His works appeared in Journal of Interactive Marketing, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Service Management, Journal of Services Marketing, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, and others.

Sushant Kumar is an assistant professor in Marketing Management department at the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow. He completed his PhD from Indian Institute of Management Shillong. He has also completed International Climate Action Course COP22, Marrakesh, Morocco. His research interests include consumer behaviour, human–computer interaction, and technology adoption. He has published papers in Tourism Management, Information Technology & People, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Journal of Global Information Management, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, among others.