The author systematically examines one of the important issues of information — establishing the market price. He introduces the concept of «search» — where a buyer wanting to get a better price, is forced to question sellers. The article deals with various aspects of finding the necessary information.

Economics of Information

Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling (2nd ed.)

https://ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk/bitstream/10397/527/1/20%20year%20on%20and%2010%20years%20after%20the%20Internet.pdf

Progress in information technology and tourism management: 20 years on and 10 years after the Internet - the state of eTourism research.

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/9637489.pdf

Engagement, telepresence and interactivity in online consumer experience: Reconciling scholastic and managerial perspectives

https://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/2115.pdf

An Experimental Study of the Relationship between Online Engagement and Advertising Effectiveness

With the use of an on-line retailer's Web site and an experimental method with 103 university students, statistical support through path analysis was found for positive influences of optimum stimulation level (preferred level of environmental stimulation) and recreational shopping on hedonic value (trying an image-interactivity feature of an apparel Web site as a stimulating experience). The Web site's mixandmatch image interactivity feature allowed creation of visual images of product combinations. The path-analysis model revealed significant paths between hedonic value and resulting emotional pleasure and arousal variables. A pattern of significant paths was also found between these three variables and global attitude, willingness to purchase, and willingness to patronize the on-line store. Theoretical and managerial conclusions are provided. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

For fun and profit: Hedonic value from image interactivity and responses toward an online store

Effect of image interactivity technology on consumer responses toward the online retailer

https://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/1786.pdf

Influences of online store perception, shopping enjoyment, and shopping involvement on consumer patronage behavior towards an online retailer☆

Purpose – In line with changes in consumer demand, models used in empirical study of the shopping experience have expanded. Reflecting the integrative (experiential and utilitarian) nature of shopping experience, the paper aims to propose an overarching stimulus‐organism‐response based shopping experience framework.Design/methodology/approach – This conceptual paper offers a framework that integrates components of both the hedonic experience related consciousness‐emotion‐value model and the utilitarian experience‐related cognition‐affect‐behavior model. In this paper, articles crossing hedonic and utilitarian boundaries are briefly presented, and the array of variables used in empirical studies of shopping experience, with an emphasis on brick‐and‐mortar shopping experiences, are synthesized for each component of the framework.Findings – The resulting framework is an inclusive overarching structure that explains the consumer shopping experience. This framework is useful for both academia and industry. It ...

https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1097&context=aeshm_conf

An integrative framework capturing experiential and utilitarian shopping experience

Purpose – The impact of web site interactivity on e‐commerce has been emphasized in industry and empirical literature. The purpose of this paper is to focus on image interactivity technology (IIT) of a web site and apply the technology acceptance model (TAM) to examine factors influencing consumers' attitude toward an online retailer.Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 206 respondents using a between‐subject experimental design and were analyzed using LISREL 8.54 to examine a proposed model.Findings – Results of the present study support the positive effect of web site IIT on attitude and behavioral intention toward the online retailer and show TAM aspects help explain the effects of IIT on consumer responses. All three aspects of TAM, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and perceived enjoyment, significantly enhanced consumer attitude and behavioral intention towards an online retailer. Hedonic shopping orientation had a significant effect on one aspect of TAM (perceived enjoym...

Jihyun Kim

Papers

For fun and profit: Hedonic value from image interactivity and responses toward an online store

Effect of image interactivity technology on consumer responses toward the online retailer

Influences of online store perception, shopping enjoyment, and shopping involvement on consumer patronage behavior towards an online retailer☆

An integrative framework capturing experiential and utilitarian shopping experience

The role of the technology acceptance model in explaining effects of image interactivity technology on consumer responses