2016
DOI: 10.17705/1pais.08401
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On the Factors Influencing Consumers’ Adoption of Social Commerce – A Review of the Empirical Literature

Abstract: Social commerce, the combination of e-commerce activities and social media, is a lucrative means for e-commerce companies to increase their sales volumes. As social commerce initiatives considerably depend on the consumers' social interactions, it becomes important for companies to understand how consumers can be stimulated to participate in social commerce. While several empirical studies have already focused on investigating what factors influence consumers to adopt to social commerce, the findings of these … Show more

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“…However, several companies that participate in the electronic commerce market are still trying to find out which factors influence consumers to participate in social commerce (Turban et al, 2010;Zhou et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2014), either buying, recommending, comparing or sharing information about products and services in online markets or communities. Overall, the majority of publications on this phenomenon appeared in commercial magazines, blogs, posts, industry reports and publications of practitioners, concerning the academic field at conducting studies dealing with its theoretical foundations, concepts and features, evolution and applied business models Rosa et al, 2014;Friedrich, 2016;Busalim and Hussin, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, several companies that participate in the electronic commerce market are still trying to find out which factors influence consumers to participate in social commerce (Turban et al, 2010;Zhou et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2014), either buying, recommending, comparing or sharing information about products and services in online markets or communities. Overall, the majority of publications on this phenomenon appeared in commercial magazines, blogs, posts, industry reports and publications of practitioners, concerning the academic field at conducting studies dealing with its theoretical foundations, concepts and features, evolution and applied business models Rosa et al, 2014;Friedrich, 2016;Busalim and Hussin, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While several empirical studies have been conducted, the present research aims to contribute to the existing pool of literature to help fill in gaps. Companies are highly interested in identifying essential information relevant to effectively deploy social commerce to increase their sales (Friedrich, 2016;Zhou, Zhang, and Zimmermann, 2013;. Several companies continuously work on how to figure out the different factors influencing consumers to participate in social commerce (Zhou, Zhang, and Zimmermann, 2013;Zhan et al, 2014;Alfieri-Lucas, 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is a confusing issue for businesses when trying to develop a reasonable promotional strategy through social media. In practical terms, consumers' online friendships are constantly changing, which has a significant influence on consumer behavior [13,14]. E-commerce platforms' reputation will also affect the promotion effect [15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%