IT Market and E-Commerce in Transition Economy: Network Externalities

Snieška, Vytautas; Virvilaitė, Regina; Kvainauskaitė, Vaida; Neverauskas, Bronius; Gatautis, Rimantas; Dovalienė, Aistė

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-35484-0_8

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“…This means that online stores (especially) of manufacturers can offer different prices, which gives price savings for the consumer. The prices of commodities, which are sold in traditional stores and online stores, are different due to intense competition in both: physical and virtual environments (Snieška, Virvilaitė, Kvainauskaitė, Neverauskas, Gatautis & Dovalienė, 2007). Actually, the final price (when taxes and delivery costs are included) for the item at supermarket and online is different.…”

Section: Criteria Used To Model Consumer's Choicementioning

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Consumer Demand: Online or Retail Stores

Burinskienė

Daskevic

2014

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Consumers' interest in online trade increases constantly. Therefore, this paper addresses issues of such kind. The study presented contains the following aspects. First, consumer choice models are analysed in the paper. Second, the factors, which describe consumer choice between the online and retail stores, are determined through literature analysis; benefits and limitations for each store are reviewed herein. Third, the decision making tool, which incorporates above mentioned factors, is presented. Multiple criteria evaluation methods used for consumer choice analysis are overviewed, as well. The article is based on comparative and multiple criteria analysis. Multiple criteria evaluation method (COPRAS) is used for the development of a decision making tool. The aim of the research is to propose decision making tool used to make a choice between online and retail store. The proposed tool can be useful for researchers who analyse consumer's behaviour. The type of the article: Theoretical article.

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Section: Criteria Used To Model Consumer's Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

Consumer Demand: Online or Retail Stores

Burinskienė

Daskevic

2014

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“…Further, we discuss those characteristics that make on-line purchasing different from purchasing in traditional environment. E-commerce can reduce the buyer costs due to lower: search costs, payment processing costs (Snieška et al, 2007), travelling and travelling time costs.…”

Section: Aspects Related To the Application Of E-commerce Technologiementioning

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“…Consumer may want to purchase specific commodity, however, he doesn't know whether it exists, whether anyone sells it and what is the selling price. Before purchasing, consumer has to search for information (Snieška et al, 2007).…”

Section: Aspects Related To the Application Of E-commerce Technologiementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, in the on-line environment, manufacturers without intermediaries can attract also those consumers, whose the choice of commodities is limited due to prices. The prices of commodities, which are sold in traditional stores and on-line stores, are different due to intense competition in both: physical and virtual environments (Snieška et al, 2007).…”

Section: Aspects Related To the Application Of E-commerce Technologiementioning

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Consumer Demand: E-Commerce or Traditional Technologies

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Burinskas

2012

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The application of e-commerce technologies is associated with more efficient purchasing system. The research combines both: the application of e-commerce technologies by consumers and economic efficiency of such application. The research is aimed to propose profile, which can be used to identify cases when it is worth enough to choose e-commerce technologies instead of traditional ones. The paper presents new cashflow model, which can be applied to evaluate efficiency when e-commerce technologies are used by consumers. The application of model shows that a consumer, which buying commodities on-line, receives economic benefit. The consumer's expenditure, when e-commerce technologies are used instead of traditional trade technologies, are usually lower due to the fact that it is not necessary for consumer to travel abroad and to waste time on the road; however, there is a growth of expenditure which appears as the result of implementation and maintenance of internet access and goods delivery.

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IT Market and E-Commerce in Transition Economy: Network Externalities

Cited by 2 publications

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Consumer Demand: Online or Retail Stores

Consumer Demand: Online or Retail Stores

Consumer Demand: E-Commerce or Traditional Technologies

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