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TY - JOUR
T1 - Online group-buying
T2 - business models, literature review and directions for future research
AU - Liu, Yi
AU - Sutanto, Juliana
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Online group-buying business has existed in American and European online marketplaces since the late 1990s. Consumers with similar purchase interests are congregated on group-buying websites to obtain group discounts. In the last decade, group-buying business models have evolved to adapt to consumer needs, and a number of studies have offered several insights into how to improve online group-buying. This paper begins with a description of the global development of group-buying websites and an overview of the group-buying business models. Next, it provides a comprehensive overview of the existing literature in the online group-buying research field. Building on this review, the paper presents a meta-theoretical framework toward the sustainability of group-buying and provides research directions to guide future studies on online group-buying.
AB - Online group-buying business has existed in American and European online marketplaces since the late 1990s. Consumers with similar purchase interests are congregated on group-buying websites to obtain group discounts. In the last decade, group-buying business models have evolved to adapt to consumer needs, and a number of studies have offered several insights into how to improve online group-buying. This paper begins with a description of the global development of group-buying websites and an overview of the group-buying business models. Next, it provides a comprehensive overview of the existing literature in the online group-buying research field. Building on this review, the paper presents a meta-theoretical framework toward the sustainability of group-buying and provides research directions to guide future studies on online group-buying.
U2 - 10.1145/2747544.2747548
DO - 10.1145/2747544.2747548
M3 - Journal article
VL - 46
SP - 39
EP - 59
JO - ACM SIGMIS Database
JF - ACM SIGMIS Database
SN - 0095-0033
IS - 1
ER -