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Factors That Impact Consumers' Intention to Shop on Foreign Online Stores
Cross-border e-commerce has been rapidly expanding. However, little research has been done to investigate how consumers decide to shop across national borders. This study aims to explore the factors that impact consumers’ intention to shop on foreign websites. A conceptual model is developed from the perspectives of consumer perceived trust and value. We also examine the effects of vendors’ signaling on perceived trust, as well as the effects of benefits and costs on perceived value. This study conducts an online survey to test the research model. Our findings can help researchers and practitioners understand the barriers to cross-border e-commerce and devise strategies to overcome these barriers
Schwarzschild-de Sitter Metric and Inertial Beltrami Coordinates
Under consideration of coordinate conditions, we get the
Schwarzschild-Beltrami-de Sitter (S-BdS) metric solution of the Einstein field
equations with a cosmological constant . A brief review to the de
Sitter invariant special relativity (dS-SR), and de Sitter general relativity
(dS-GR, or GR with a ) is presented. The Beltrami metric
provides inertial reference frame for the dS-spacetime. By examining the
Schwarzschild-de Sitter (S-dS) metric existed in literatures
since 1918, we find that the existed S-dS metric describes
some mixing effects of gravity and inertial-force, instead of a pure gravity
effect arisen from "solar mass" in dS-GR. In this paper, we solve the
vacuum Einstein equation of dS-GR, with the requirement of gravity-free metric
. In this way we find S-BdS
solution of dS-GR, written in inertial Beltrami coordinates. This is a new form
of S-dS metric. Its physical meaning and possible applications are discussed.Comment: 16 pages, 1 figur
Factors That Impact Consumers\u27 Intention to Shop on Foreign Online Stores
Cross-border e-commerce has been rapidly expanding. However, little research has been done to investigate how consumers decide to shop across national borders. This study aims to explore the factors that impact consumers’ intention to shop on foreign websites. A conceptual model is developed from the perspectives of consumer perceived trust and value. We also examine the effects of vendors’ signaling on perceived trust, as well as the effects of benefits and costs on perceived value. This study conducts an online survey to test the research model. Our findings can help researchers and practitioners understand the barriers to cross-border e-commerce and devise strategies to overcome these barriers
catena-Poly[[[tetraaquanickel(II)]-μ-4,4′-bipyridyl-κ2 N:N′] 3,3′-(p-phenylene)diacrylate]
In the title compound, {[Ni(C10H8N2)(H2O)4](C12H8O4)}n, the NiII, 4,4′-bipyridyl (bipy) and 3,3′-(p-phenylene)diacrylate (L
2−) moieties are situated on inversion centres. The bipy ligands bridge NiII ions into positively charged polymeric chains along [101]. The NiII atom is coordinated by two N atoms from two bipy ligands and four water molecules in a distorted octahedral geometry. L
2− anions interact with the polymeric chains via O–H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional supramolecular network
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