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Website quality evaluation is an important research task. Evolution and a growing set of available methods are observed. The article presents the authors' evaluation methodology of the quality of websites named PEQUAL. The formal foundation of the proposed methodology is the broadening of the classical EQUAL method with aspects of preference modelling and evaluation aggregation used in Multi-Criteria...
With the ever-increasing popularity of online reviews, understanding what makes an online review helpful has attracted increasingly more attention from both academics and practitioners. Using Elaboration Likelihood Model as the theoretical framework, this study aims to investigate the effects of specific information cues derived from the review message (difference with average rating and review title...
Studies have shown that many Muslim users question religious websites. This is due to unrestricted cyberspace where anybody can publish any sort of information. This paper investigates the text-based dimensions that may improve reliability of Islamic websites. It is found that reliability of Islamic websites involves the same principles of reliability established in other types of website. However,...
Studies have consistently found information technology (IT) enhances the business operation and performance, but the adoption of IT among micro-enterprises for business growth is still considerably poor. The factors that influence the micro-enterprises to actively embrace IT that include social networking sites and whether the adoption has led to stronger business performance have become the major...
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Solutions for a smart environment are in the focus of many research initiatives in Europe. In this paper we present work carried out in the FI-PPP project FINSENY (Future Internet for Smart Energy). ICT Solutions often face the challenge of requirements not covered by current technology and they must avoid restricting themselves to domain specific solutions...
As a representative of virtual community, online social networks get rapid development, and become the “light spot” of the internet industry. Although online social networks gain rapid development, few researchers pay attention to the disciplinary of online social networks. In order to study the factors that influence the behavior intention of social networking users, a theoretical framework based...
In the digital era, using information technology to search valuable information is one of the important skills. Taipei City Government set up Easy Teaching Web of Taipei, integrates scattered knowledge in the field of education and human resources, and build a knowledge-sharing platform for teachers. However, it is still important to understand how to improve the usage of Easy Teaching Web of Taipei...
On the basis of extant literature, we built a conceptual model of the relationship among Perceived Quality, Perceived Value, Satisfaction, Sense of Belonging and Usage, and proposed some hypotheses about the influencing factors of continued system usage in SNS. To test the hypotheses, we designed a questionnaire, and conducted a survey in Xidian University. We used SPSS13.0 to analyze the collected...
The objective of this study is web-sites, and the purpose of which is to revalidate End-User Computing Satisfaction (EUCS) instrument to measure user's satisfaction with web-sites. This study is especially important given that the increased significance of the web-sites and its uniqueness in computing application field. A total of 38 persons participated in the survey via e-mail. Fit indices analysis...
Online market for peer to peer (P2P) lending is the marketplace where individuals can make unsecured online microloans to other individual borrowers. Such marketplace has experienced significant growth since its inception in 2005. However, the factors that drive people to lend online are still under limited study. This paper examines the possible influential factor of social capital and disposition...
The rapid growth of e-Commerce amongst private sectors and Internet usage amongst citizens has vastly stimulated e-Government initiatives from many countries. The Thailand e-Government initiative is based on the government's long-term strategic policy that aims to reform and overhaul the Thai bureaucracy. This study attempted to identify the e-Excise success factors by employing the IS success model...
This paper proposes a new methodology for evaluating the probabilistic reliability of a grid constrained composite power system including wind turbine generators (WTG). The proposed model can consider capacity limitations and transmission line unavailability. The importance of renewable energy sources has been growing at a rapid rate due to environmental concerns. In particular, wind energy is one...
Users always expect to acquire high quality services from online banking. Previous studies have found that website system quality is a main factor determining online users' initial adoption and usage. For their continuance usage, service quality may be a main determinant. This research proposes that online banking service quality, reputation and security influence users' continuance usage through...
The growth of the World Wide Web gave birth to online businesses and with rapid changes in web technologies, Internet commerce is expected to grow. Despite the growth, many online businesses have failed. Thus, the quality aspects in developing Internet commerce application are very important issues to the success of customers experience initiatives. This review paper analyses the relevant literature...
The measurement of Information Systems (IS) effectiveness has been prominent on the research agenda since the 1980s. Consequently various approaches for measuring IS effectiveness have been produced including that of service quality. This approach has its roots in the marketing discipline where service quality is primarily used to measure business success via a customer satisfaction set of dimensions...
Research addressing the conceptualization and measurement of learning management systems (LMS) within educational organizations as both a web-based learning system for e-learning and as a supportive tool for blended learning environments is receiving attention, and this research study proposes a conceptual e-learning assessment model, HELAM (Hexagonal e-Learning Assessment Model), suggesting a multi-dimensional...
Website quality is crucial for acquiring user satisfaction and e-commerce website success. Based on TAM and information system success model, we analyze the effect of website quality on user satisfaction. Website quality includes three dimensions: system quality, information quality and service quality. These dimensions affect user satisfaction through perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and...
With the integration of social interaction and Web technologies, Web 2.0 has become an important Internet application. It also provides the flexibility to integrate various user motivations into one kind of information system (e.g., for a utilitarian purpose or a hedonic purpose). In this paper, we will examine the influence of user motivations and emotion factors on user behavior in the Web 2.0 environment...
Along with the increasing wide applications of computer and network technologies, the security problems of information systems are becoming more complicated. Most computer systems have some kind of a security flaw that may allow outsiders or legitimate users to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. Among the network exploits, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a large-scale,...
The increasing popularity of the Internet in China has created great challenges and opportunities for various business sectors. The banking industry is no exception. To sustain business competitiveness, more and more financial institutions are providing Internet banking services. Thus, there is a need for research to investigate the way in which Internet banking site features ultimately influence...
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