Consumers’ Perceptions on Privacy and Security in Ecommerce

This report provides an analysis of consumers’ perception on security and privacy issues in e-commerce. The main objective of this research is to analyze the consumers’ perceptions on security and privacy and formulate recommendations based on the findings that would contribute in eradicating these issues and boosting consumer confidence. It also provides a brief discussion on the implications of e-commerce for both customers and companies, the emerging concerns over privacy and security, and the importance of consumers’ perceptions on security and privacy issues in bolstering e-commerce adoption. Data is collected through questionnaire and interviews in order to give a comprehensive view of consumers’ perceptions. Data collected have been represented in the form of graphs and charts to facilitate understanding of the study. Determining the perceptions of consumers on security and privacy issues related to e-commerce will benefit IT security providers and web businesses in crafting a multifaceted approach in addressing those perceptions, one that effectively combines technological solutions and sociological and psychological approaches in order to resolve one of the last remaining obstacles to the widespread use of e-commerce. Key words: e-commerce, consumers’ perception, technological solutions

1575.42 MHz Frequency Utilization on Intelligent Transportation System in Car Monitoring Distribution Delivery Logistic Using ublox GPS Neo 6M

Intelligent Transportation System or a smart transportation system with new technology that has been growing in recent years which is used as a computing system and communication technology for various purposes, such as traffic management, vehicle and highway security and emergency services. The current growth of e-commerce is very powerful, because people have placed e-commerce as a lifestyle. The high demand for logistics and delivery causes the need for monitoring package cars. This research system is designed to automatically monitor package cars, by utilizing the receiver frequency in the L1 frequency band (1575.42 MHz) which is modulated by the Ublox GPS Neo 6M module. Accelerometer sensors and acoustic data are used in cars as speed gauges and are used to detect and provide brief recordings in the event of an accident and can also monitor the speed of the car's distribution of packages in real-time. It was obtained for 7 trials with the same speed and constantly to avoid the Doppler effect that the accuracy of the GPS was quite good and the data was successfully uploaded to the web server in real time

Named Entity Resolution in Personal Knowledge Graphs

Entity Resolution (ER) is the problem of determining when two entities refer to the same underlying entity. The problem has been studied for over 50 years, and most recently, has taken on new importance in an era of large, heterogeneous 'knowledge graphs' published on the Web and used widely in domains as wide ranging as social media, e-commerce and search. This chapter will discuss the specific problem of named ER in the context of personal knowledge graphs (PKGs). We begin with a formal definition of the problem, and the components necessary for doing high-quality and efficient ER. We also discuss some challenges that are expected to arise for Web-scale data. Next, we provide a brief literature review, with a special focus on how existing techniques can potentially apply to PKGs. We conclude the chapter by covering some applications, as well as promising directions for future research.Comment: To appear as a book chapter by the same name in an upcoming (Oct. 2023) book `Personal Knowledge Graphs (PKGs): Methodology, tools and applications' edited by Tiwari et a

Review of Web Usage Mining

Internet has triggered the process of modernization in past few years.. Every aspect of life is highly influenced by internet and its use. Internet has reduced manual labour and enabled to perform many tasks at a mere 'click' of a button. E-commerce, Online shopping , Net banking etc  are well known applications of Internet. Thus there is need to learn the interaction behavior of web users to better understand their need and accordingly improve the websites. Web usage mining is the area focused on the discovery of navigation pattern of web users. This paper gives an overview of challenges in this emerging area and applications in different fields. Afterwards we have discussed the various sources of data for log mining. A brief description of all the mining techniques has been given through this paper. Finally some software tools along with their characteristics are illustrated which seems to be extremely contributing in expenditure of market and business globally

Review of Web Usage Mining

Internet has triggered the process of modernization in past few years.. Every aspect of life is highly influenced by internet and its use. Internet has reduced manual labour and enabled to perform many tasks at a mere 'click' of a button. E-commerce, Online shopping , Net banking etc  are well known applications of Internet. Thus there is need to learn the interaction behavior of web users to better understand their need and accordingly improve the websites. Web usage mining is the area focused on the discovery of navigation pattern of web users. This paper gives an overview of challenges in this emerging area and applications in different fields. Afterwards we have discussed the various sources of data for log mining. A brief description of all the mining techniques has been given through this paper. Finally some software tools along with their characteristics are illustrated which seems to be extremely contributing in expenditure of market and business globally

Using webcrawling of publicly available websites to assess E-commerce relationships

We investigate e-commerce success factors concerning their impact on the success of commerce transactions between businesses companies. In scientific literature, many e-commerce success factors are introduced. Most of them are focused on companies' website quality. They are evaluated concerning companies' success in the business-to- consumer (B2C) environment where consumers choose their preferred e-commerce websites based on these success factors e.g. website content quality, website interaction, and website customization. In contrast to previous work, this research focuses on the usage of existing e-commerce success factors for predicting successfulness of business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce. The introduced methodology is based on the identification of semantic textual patterns representing success factors from the websites of B2B companies. The successfulness of the identified success factors in B2B ecommerce is evaluated by regression modeling. As a result, it is shown that some B2C e-commerce success factors also enable the predicting of B2B e-commerce success while others do not. This contributes to the existing literature concerning ecommerce success factors. Further, these findings are valuable for B2B e-commerce websites creation

M-Commerce Implementation in Nigeria: Trends and Issues

Nigeria was described as the fastest growing telecoms nation in Africa and the third in the World. The country had experienced a phenomenal growth from a teledensity of 0.49 in 2000 to 25.22 in 2007. This trend has brought about a monumental development in the major sectors of the economy, such as banking, telecoms and commerce in general. This paper presents the level of adoption of ICT in the banking sector and investigates the prospects of m-Commerce in Nigeria based on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis. Findings revealed that all banks in Nigeria offer e-Banking services and about 52% of the offer some forms of m-Banking services. The banks and the telecoms operators have enormous potentials and opportunities for m-Commerce but the level of patronage, quality of cell phones, lack of basic infrastructure and security issues pose a major threat to its wide scale implementation

Firm Location Decisions and Information Needs

A significant portion of Georgia's economic development policy is targeted towards attracting businesses to locate in Georgia. In this process, businesses weigh their alternatives and select a location based on certain criteria. In order for businesses to accurately assess location alternatives, they must have appropriate information to assist in their decision process. In Georgia, a portion of this information comes from the Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism, and/or another economic development entity within the state. There is a gap in our knowledge, however, about how business prospects considering a location in Georgia perceive both the information that Georgia provides and the incentives that are offered in actual economic development deals. Business prospects include not only actual firms, but also the group of professional site location consultants around the country. In order to place Georgia in its most competitive position as well as to provide the most useful information to business prospects, it is important to understand the viewpoint of business prospects and the prospecting community in their business location decision process. This report documents the information needs of businesses seeking to relocate and perceptions of the usefulness of information provided in that process. Report #9