Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, Volume 6, Issue 3

Our journal started six years ago in response to the opinions of many researchers around the globe that there was a need of an on-line, peer reviewed, scholarly journal which could address fundamental issues of electronic commerce research and practi...

Internet voting is an emerging e-government phenomenon. In the United States, several state and local governments have experimented with Internet voting. This study presents a model of Internet voting adoption that integrates diffusion of innovation...

Earlier studies on e-business adoption factors have been conducted from a firm level perspective or from a single country level perspective. In this study, we propose a framework entitled country characteristicsbusiness- technology-government model t...

Researches in electronic government have indicated a number of organizational barriers that hinder the adoption and implementation of electronic government. This paper proposes a research framework for analysing how organizational barriers influence...

Autonomous agents can negotiate on behalf of buyers and sellers to make a contract in the e-marketplace. In bilateral negotiation, they need to find a joint agreement by satisfying each other. That is, an agent should learn its opponent’s preferences...

Hyperlinks, which connect web pages on the World Wide Web, are rich sources of hidden information. ECommerce Websites, which are created for different purposes from online sales to company promotion, would benefit if they receive more links from othe...

Online reverse auctions have benefits in reducing business purchasing costs and lead times. Previous research focused on developing new mechanisms for open-cry and multiple rounds of auctions, which is not appropriate for direct goods purchasing. Mor...

The unfair rating problem exists when a buying agent models the trustworthiness of selling agents by also relying on ratings of the sellers from other buyers in electronic marketplaces, that is in a reputation system. In this article, we first analyz...