...Arun Kumar Tarofder; S.M. Ferdous Azam; Abdullah Nabeel Jalal Purpose The purpose of this study is twofold: identifying important determinants for effective adoption of internet technologies in an organizational supply chain context and examining and classifying benefits yielded from internet...

..., everyone who rates La Maison does not automatically become a member of a separate Product (La Maison) Network. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Consumer behaviour Social media Internet Social networking sites Online social networks Word‐of‐mouth Facebook Twitter...

..., and packaging (Richardson et al., 1994). On the internet, the absence of physical proximity prevents consumers to check the intrinsic attributes of products with their senses. As a result, they rely more on extrinsic cues to assess the trustworthiness of the online vendor (Hu et al., 2010...

...Diane Holt; Ralf Barkemeyer; Frank Figge; Christian Herzig; Jasmin Godemann Purpose The paper aims to explore trends in the use of internet‐supported sustainability reporting for German DAX30 companies. Particular focus is to be given to the question of the extent that these companies use the more...

... With projections that 80 percent of all internet users will be involved in virtual worlds by 2011, it is important that executives and academicians be knowledgeable about these 3D internet environments. Originality/value The paper traces the development of virtual worlds in the larger context of the growth...

..., in service or product innovations, in achieving economies of scale and in the offer of distinctive services. Many of these offers are based on electronic commerce (EC), web portal sales and internet services provision. While these activities occur globally, firms in Puerto Rico, are also getting ready...

... gifts and accessories for the corporate market, and its major customers include auto manufacturers, retailers, and advertising agencies. The company has had an internet presence since 1996. Like most companies with a business‐to‐business sales model, Kennedy is experiencing an increase in the proportion...

... by wandering around (MBWA) in an increasingly virtual space. David C. Wyld can be contacted at: dwyld@selu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Internet Managers Corporate communications Organizational culture Feedback Knowledge management Individual blogs, blog...

... to a magazine's success. Moreover, virtual community activities seem to have enhanced customer loyalty and added a more lifelike dimension to the magazine concept. Practical implications Media managers should look at internet presence from a more multifaceted perspective rather than merely focus...

...Khalid S. Soliman; Francesca Michelino; Federica Bianco; Mauro Caputo Purpose The aim of this paper is threefold: giving a description of how much internet‐based tools are used in inter‐firm supply chain relationships in Italy; analysing the different adoption behaviours of such tools held...

... or other additional mechanisms in Korea to improve web accessibility among Korean organizations. Originality/value The results of this study can help experts efforts to implement policies to priovide equal internet opportunities for the elderly and the disabled. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited...

..., download speed is beyond the control of most studies. For example, download speed is affected by many components in the chain from server to browser – one of those links is connection to the Internet. Content of a web site such as images, video clips, and/or audio clips can affect the download speed...

... components of knowledge‐sharing and application and internet‐based KM. Design/methodology/approach This paper establishes a new model of the practices and results of the KM which has been tested in European companies. For that purpose, a structural equation modelling analysis was used. Findings...

...Robert A. Opoku Purpose This paper aims at exploring and describing the tools used by small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) to collect customer feedback online, their components and the criteria used in selecting these internet‐based tools. Design/methodology/approach Multiple in‐depth...

...George K. Chacko Wireless communication, comprising telecommunication industry products and services which move voice, video, data, and graphics at the speed of the electron, is the back bone of the Internet. We have today a wireless world which two Chief ‘Ntrepreneur Officers (CNOs)‐American Sam...

... practice in the firms of one of those economies, the Czech Republic, between 1999 and 2003. It analyses the implementation of the Internet as amarketing tool and how Czech enterprises approach marketing and marketing strategy. With the accession of the Czech Republic and other formerly communist countries...

...Riyad Eid; Myfanwy Trueman The Internet provides a fundamentally different environment for international marketing and requires a different approach. Now it is unrealistic to apply the same marketing strategies without making some modifications to be appropriate to the electronic edge. This paper...

... Internet Quality Course Content or the Instructor: Which is More Important in On-line Teaching? by William Drago, Jimmy Peltier and Donald Sorensen Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore the impact and relative importance of course content and the role of the instructor on measures...

... times more secure than the traditional uses of debit and credit cards. All communications between the company and its customers are encrypted and a firewall computer sits between the company s server and Internet to provide additional security against nonauthorised access. The company also claim...