While much is written about the adoption, usage, and failures of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), little empirical research exists to fully examine the levers to improve the conversion performance of leads in a sales funnel, particularly in a business-to-business (B2B) industrial context. This research examined sales effort as a key capability, within the high technology B2B sector, to understand its impact on sales lead conversion cycle time. By studying the extensive CRM sales funnel of a large semiconductor company, along with employee survey results, a quantitative study was performed to address this research question, and assist sales managers seeking to improve the lead conversion performance of their organizations. Sales effort was shown to accelerate sales cycle times, particularly for the small non-key customer base. This is a notable contribution to research, as previous studies of sales cycle time influences have been inconclusive.
{"title":"The Impact of Sales Effort on Lead Conversion Cycle Time in a Business-to-Business Opportunity Pipeline","authors":"William Bradford, W. Johnston, D. Bellenger","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2866954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2866954","url":null,"abstract":"While much is written about the adoption, usage, and failures of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), little empirical research exists to fully examine the levers to improve the conversion performance of leads in a sales funnel, particularly in a business-to-business (B2B) industrial context. This research examined sales effort as a key capability, within the high technology B2B sector, to understand its impact on sales lead conversion cycle time. By studying the extensive CRM sales funnel of a large semiconductor company, along with employee survey results, a quantitative study was performed to address this research question, and assist sales managers seeking to improve the lead conversion performance of their organizations. Sales effort was shown to accelerate sales cycle times, particularly for the small non-key customer base. This is a notable contribution to research, as previous studies of sales cycle time influences have been inconclusive.","PeriodicalId":370988,"journal":{"name":"eBusiness & eCommerce eJournal","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131550665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-08-26DOI: 10.16980/JITC.12.4.201608.1
Hui-Tzu Lin, Hyun-Jee Kim, Li-wen Wang
Under the rise of network group-buying, consumers can form groups of strangers through the Internet, under the leadership of an coordinator, to integrate internal opinions and negotiate with vendors. Therefore, the coordinator gradually becomes a business. In this newly developed business, the coordinators compete with each other. In the past, most of research studies with regard to Internet group-buying focused on exploring the internet factors of consumer willingness or intention to repurchase. However, studies about applying the characteristics of an coordinator as a moderator to determine the impact of the repurchase intention were rare and thus, this is what this study set out to do. In this study, data was collected through an online questionnaire to examine the relationship between commodity eWOM, the features of the coordinator, online contexts and consumer repurchase intention. Empirical results show that: (1) eWOM has a significant impact on repurchase intention, (2) the features of the coordinator have a significant impact on repurchase intention, (3) online contexts have a significant impact on repurchase intention, (4) the features of coordinator have a negative moderate effect on eWOM and repurchase intention, and (5) online contexts do not have a moderating effect on eWOM and repurchase intention.
{"title":"Determinants of Consumer Participation in Online Group Buying: An Example of Luggage","authors":"Hui-Tzu Lin, Hyun-Jee Kim, Li-wen Wang","doi":"10.16980/JITC.12.4.201608.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16980/JITC.12.4.201608.1","url":null,"abstract":"Under the rise of network group-buying, consumers can form groups of strangers through the Internet, under the leadership of an coordinator, to integrate internal opinions and negotiate with vendors. Therefore, the coordinator gradually becomes a business. In this newly developed business, the coordinators compete with each other. In the past, most of research studies with regard to Internet group-buying focused on exploring the internet factors of consumer willingness or intention to repurchase. However, studies about applying the characteristics of an coordinator as a moderator to determine the impact of the repurchase intention were rare and thus, this is what this study set out to do. In this study, data was collected through an online questionnaire to examine the relationship between commodity eWOM, the features of the coordinator, online contexts and consumer repurchase intention. Empirical results show that: (1) eWOM has a significant impact on repurchase intention, (2) the features of the coordinator have a significant impact on repurchase intention, (3) online contexts have a significant impact on repurchase intention, (4) the features of coordinator have a negative moderate effect on eWOM and repurchase intention, and (5) online contexts do not have a moderating effect on eWOM and repurchase intention.","PeriodicalId":370988,"journal":{"name":"eBusiness & eCommerce eJournal","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121764647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper investigates the nature of digital trust in the context of P2P collaborative consumption platforms. We have analyzed data from the website Trustpilot (N=5,606), survey data from users of the online sharing platform Airbnb (N=232), and data retrieved from an online experiment conducted among current non-users of a fictitious online sharing platform (N=462). The findings reveal that trust in P2P collaborative consumption platforms (Airbnb, Lyft, and Uber) is lower than trust in P2P exchange first generation platforms (Ebay), as well as large online retail services and non-P2P platforms (Walmart, Zappos, Amazon). Furthermore, we find that the three trust-building management measures: ‘reliable insurance cover’, ‘simultaneous reviews’, and a ‘large network: many offers worldwide’ had a positive effect on ‘trust in the platform provider’. The findings confirm the hierarchical nature of the two-fold trust construct, meaning that ‘trust in the platform provider’ has a positive effect on the ‘trust in peers’ sharing on this platform. A mediation analysis reveals that ‘trust in the platform’ fully mediates all statistically significant effects of trust-building measures on the ‘trust in peers’ variable.
{"title":"Digital Trust and Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Consumption Platforms: A Mediation Analysis","authors":"Mareike Möhlmann","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2813367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2813367","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the nature of digital trust in the context of P2P collaborative consumption platforms. We have analyzed data from the website Trustpilot (N=5,606), survey data from users of the online sharing platform Airbnb (N=232), and data retrieved from an online experiment conducted among current non-users of a fictitious online sharing platform (N=462). The findings reveal that trust in P2P collaborative consumption platforms (Airbnb, Lyft, and Uber) is lower than trust in P2P exchange first generation platforms (Ebay), as well as large online retail services and non-P2P platforms (Walmart, Zappos, Amazon). Furthermore, we find that the three trust-building management measures: ‘reliable insurance cover’, ‘simultaneous reviews’, and a ‘large network: many offers worldwide’ had a positive effect on ‘trust in the platform provider’. The findings confirm the hierarchical nature of the two-fold trust construct, meaning that ‘trust in the platform provider’ has a positive effect on the ‘trust in peers’ sharing on this platform. A mediation analysis reveals that ‘trust in the platform’ fully mediates all statistically significant effects of trust-building measures on the ‘trust in peers’ variable.","PeriodicalId":370988,"journal":{"name":"eBusiness & eCommerce eJournal","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126533984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Online auctions have undergone rapid development in recent years. New features of online auctions, together with new bidding strategies different from those used in offline auctions, make research in this area compelling. The existing research mainly focuses on the description of bidding strategies; only a handful of studies focus on the antecedents of bidding strategies. This research aims to fill this gap by constructing a contingency framework to investigate why bidders bid differently in online auctions, and use unique bidding strategies. Environmental factors, bidding tasks, bidders’ characteristics, and bidding motivations are included in the framework. We conducted in-depth interviews with professional, experienced bidders in China to reveal the specific reasons why bidders adopt different bidding strategies during online auctions. Finally, we discuss the implications for both global research and practice.
{"title":"A Contingency Model of Bidding Strategies in Online Auctions in China","authors":"Xiling Cui, L. Law, P. Lowry, Qiuzhen Wang","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2810629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2810629","url":null,"abstract":"Online auctions have undergone rapid development in recent years. New features of online auctions, together with new bidding strategies different from those used in offline auctions, make research in this area compelling. The existing research mainly focuses on the description of bidding strategies; only a handful of studies focus on the antecedents of bidding strategies. This research aims to fill this gap by constructing a contingency framework to investigate why bidders bid differently in online auctions, and use unique bidding strategies. Environmental factors, bidding tasks, bidders’ characteristics, and bidding motivations are included in the framework. We conducted in-depth interviews with professional, experienced bidders in China to reveal the specific reasons why bidders adopt different bidding strategies during online auctions. Finally, we discuss the implications for both global research and practice.","PeriodicalId":370988,"journal":{"name":"eBusiness & eCommerce eJournal","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123357620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Innovation contests are increasingly adopting a format where submissions are viewable by all contestants and the information structure changes during the contest. In such an “unblind” format, contestants must weigh the costs of revealing their submissions against the benefits of improving their submissions through emerging information. We take a closer look at how contestants solve problems in innovation contests with public submission of solutions—that is, unblind contests, by examining the implications of their submission behavior for contest outcomes. We analyze the submission behavior in terms of three dimensions: the position of first submission by the contestant, the number of submissions the contestant makes, and the length of active participation by the contestant. The econometric analysis of a large dataset of unblind innovation contests and participating contestants indicates that, despite the potential for free riding and intellectual property loss from disclosure of submissions, contestants who have a lower position of first submission are more likely to succeed in the contest. Further, we find some evidence of a curvilinear relationship between a contestant's number of submissions and her likelihood of success, indicating a potential “quality–quantity” trade-off in unblind innovation contests. Finally, our findings indicate that increasing the length of participation in a contest has a positive effect on a contestant's likelihood of success. Departing from prior studies on innovation contests, where a contestant's success is assumed to be a function of her prior experience and problem-solving skills, our study provides new empirical evidence that, in innovation contests with public submissions, the submission behavior of a contestant also plays an explanatory role in a contestant's success.
{"title":"Heterogeneous Submission Behavior and its Implications for Success in Innovation Contests with Public Submissions","authors":"J. Bockstedt, Cheryl T. Druehl, Anant Mishra","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1961244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1961244","url":null,"abstract":"Innovation contests are increasingly adopting a format where submissions are viewable by all contestants and the information structure changes during the contest. In such an “unblind” format, contestants must weigh the costs of revealing their submissions against the benefits of improving their submissions through emerging information. We take a closer look at how contestants solve problems in innovation contests with public submission of solutions—that is, unblind contests, by examining the implications of their submission behavior for contest outcomes. We analyze the submission behavior in terms of three dimensions: the position of first submission by the contestant, the number of submissions the contestant makes, and the length of active participation by the contestant. The econometric analysis of a large dataset of unblind innovation contests and participating contestants indicates that, despite the potential for free riding and intellectual property loss from disclosure of submissions, contestants who have a lower position of first submission are more likely to succeed in the contest. Further, we find some evidence of a curvilinear relationship between a contestant's number of submissions and her likelihood of success, indicating a potential “quality–quantity” trade-off in unblind innovation contests. Finally, our findings indicate that increasing the length of participation in a contest has a positive effect on a contestant's likelihood of success. Departing from prior studies on innovation contests, where a contestant's success is assumed to be a function of her prior experience and problem-solving skills, our study provides new empirical evidence that, in innovation contests with public submissions, the submission behavior of a contestant also plays an explanatory role in a contestant's success.","PeriodicalId":370988,"journal":{"name":"eBusiness & eCommerce eJournal","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128791832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the past two decades, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications have become more advanced, diversified and globalized. Concomitantly, electronic marketing (e-marketing) has become increasingly germane to the operations of financial institutions in both developing and developed countries. This research specifically explores and discusses the scope of e-marketing at Ecobank focusing on three thematic areas namely: types and impact of e-marketing in Ghana; how Ecobank examines its e-marketing Infrastructure in Ghana; and Ecobank technological readiness for e-marketing. Two sets of questions were used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data from the sampled bank in Ghana. Analyses of the data and the research findings highlight the relevance of e-marketing in Ghana. Some recommendations were offered for condition policy in the banking sectors of Ghana to improve the e-marketing products and services, and also improve Ghana’s knowledge economy. Finally, some recommendations were made to enhance e-marketing at Ecobank and all banking sectors.
{"title":"Adoption of E-Marketing: The Case of Ecobank, Ghana","authors":"R. Simmons","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2804456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2804456","url":null,"abstract":"In the past two decades, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications have become more advanced, diversified and globalized. Concomitantly, electronic marketing (e-marketing) has become increasingly germane to the operations of financial institutions in both developing and developed countries. This research specifically explores and discusses the scope of e-marketing at Ecobank focusing on three thematic areas namely: types and impact of e-marketing in Ghana; how Ecobank examines its e-marketing Infrastructure in Ghana; and Ecobank technological readiness for e-marketing. Two sets of questions were used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data from the sampled bank in Ghana. Analyses of the data and the research findings highlight the relevance of e-marketing in Ghana. Some recommendations were offered for condition policy in the banking sectors of Ghana to improve the e-marketing products and services, and also improve Ghana’s knowledge economy. Finally, some recommendations were made to enhance e-marketing at Ecobank and all banking sectors.","PeriodicalId":370988,"journal":{"name":"eBusiness & eCommerce eJournal","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124794076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The primary objective of this research paper is to generally examine and analyze the scope and future of online retailing in U.A.E. In order to get more accurate results, the main objective of this research is divided into very specific contexts which all explored the concept of online retailing in U.A.E. One particular concept to examine was to find out the current attitude of the U.A.E population towards online shopping on U.A.E based web stores.Furthermore, it is vital to identify what this population bought in general and specify which category of products they are mostly interested in.The other area to look at was to find out what commonly motivated the UAE people to go online and buy their preferred items instead of going to a physical shop. Finally, to discover how a typical online retailer performed in U.A.E in terms of security, costs, product offerings, and attracting customers.The final stage includes an analysis of the information and findings, hence a more in depth look at the whole issue. Therefore, a conclusion is drawn to foresee the future of online retailing in the UAE and how to succeed in this particular field.
{"title":"Direction of Online Retailing (In the Context of United Arab Emirates)","authors":"Dr. Ashok Chopra","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2790739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2790739","url":null,"abstract":"The primary objective of this research paper is to generally examine and analyze the scope and future of online retailing in U.A.E. In order to get more accurate results, the main objective of this research is divided into very specific contexts which all explored the concept of online retailing in U.A.E. One particular concept to examine was to find out the current attitude of the U.A.E population towards online shopping on U.A.E based web stores.Furthermore, it is vital to identify what this population bought in general and specify which category of products they are mostly interested in.The other area to look at was to find out what commonly motivated the UAE people to go online and buy their preferred items instead of going to a physical shop. Finally, to discover how a typical online retailer performed in U.A.E in terms of security, costs, product offerings, and attracting customers.The final stage includes an analysis of the information and findings, hence a more in depth look at the whole issue. Therefore, a conclusion is drawn to foresee the future of online retailing in the UAE and how to succeed in this particular field.","PeriodicalId":370988,"journal":{"name":"eBusiness & eCommerce eJournal","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128663315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Many product markets today are characterized by the existence of a retailer (e.g., Home Depot, Toys R Us) that serves as gatekeeper of new product introductions. Recently, virtually all such retailers have established online stores to expand their shelf spaces as well as their customer bases. In these markets, the retailer is fully in control of: 1) whether or not to stock the new product; and 2) whether to carry the new product in his brick-and-mortar store, online only, or both. We examine how a manufacturer should design a new product in the presence of such a retailer. We find that the retailer's online-only option gives him additional leverage in accepting the manufacturer's new product offering into his physical store. In particular, the manufacturer may enhance the quality of the new product to ensure that the dual-channel retailer does not carry it as online exclusive. This in turn results in a higher profit for the retailer. When the retailer's participation constraint for carrying a new product offline is sufficiently high, the manufacturer's profit may also improve by designing a product of a lower quality for the retailer's online store.
{"title":"New Product Design Under Channel Acceptance: Brick-and-Mortar, Online Exclusive, or Brick-and-Click","authors":"L. Luo, Jiong Sun","doi":"10.1111/POMS.12587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/POMS.12587","url":null,"abstract":"Many product markets today are characterized by the existence of a retailer (e.g., Home Depot, Toys R Us) that serves as gatekeeper of new product introductions. Recently, virtually all such retailers have established online stores to expand their shelf spaces as well as their customer bases. In these markets, the retailer is fully in control of: 1) whether or not to stock the new product; and 2) whether to carry the new product in his brick-and-mortar store, online only, or both. We examine how a manufacturer should design a new product in the presence of such a retailer. We find that the retailer's online-only option gives him additional leverage in accepting the manufacturer's new product offering into his physical store. In particular, the manufacturer may enhance the quality of the new product to ensure that the dual-channel retailer does not carry it as online exclusive. This in turn results in a higher profit for the retailer. When the retailer's participation constraint for carrying a new product offline is sufficiently high, the manufacturer's profit may also improve by designing a product of a lower quality for the retailer's online store.","PeriodicalId":370988,"journal":{"name":"eBusiness & eCommerce eJournal","volume":"107 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123381181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-05-12DOI: 10.20294/JGBT.2016.12.1.37
Taewon Kang
Since the mid-1990s, due to the worldwide spread of the internet, the new frontier of E-commerce has evolved from narrowly defined E-commerce to M-commerce and T-commerce. T-commerce can be defined as follows: customers using Interactive DTV (iDTV) and telecontrollers to make inquiries, orders, or payments regarding certain products, or to conduct financial transactions such as banking and stock trading. This thesis constitutes an examination of T-commerce in the aspects of its business model, value chain and future development, and a proposed plan for financial institutions to utilize T-commerce.
{"title":"A New Business Model for E-Commerce: T-Commerce and Its Implications on Financial Institutions","authors":"Taewon Kang","doi":"10.20294/JGBT.2016.12.1.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20294/JGBT.2016.12.1.37","url":null,"abstract":"Since the mid-1990s, due to the worldwide spread of the internet, the new frontier of E-commerce has evolved from narrowly defined E-commerce to M-commerce and T-commerce. T-commerce can be defined as follows: customers using Interactive DTV (iDTV) and telecontrollers to make inquiries, orders, or payments regarding certain products, or to conduct financial transactions such as banking and stock trading. This thesis constitutes an examination of T-commerce in the aspects of its business model, value chain and future development, and a proposed plan for financial institutions to utilize T-commerce.","PeriodicalId":370988,"journal":{"name":"eBusiness & eCommerce eJournal","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121780086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Education is the most important thing for any country to develop and prosper. Education moulds the character and intelligence of individuals. It also provides the talent and motivation to every person. The conventional education system at higher education level is analogous to brick and mortar type business system, where a student gets systematic education from college/University by personally attending required courses regularly (Full time/part Time). However, the conventional education system has many drawbacks and lot of improvements are expected in future days. One of the possible developments in next generation education system is online education. In this paper, we have discussed the online education system as next generation education system and impact of online education system in higher education on development of science & society. The types of online education models and their importance are discussed. The advantages, benefits, constraints and disadvantages of online education systems are discussed. The features some of the online portals are studied by considering some of the important online education models e.g., edX, Alison, NPTEL and UZity as case examples. Finally, the online education system is compared with a hypothetical system called "Ideal education system."
{"title":"Impact of On-Line Education on Higher Education System","authors":"Sreeramana Aithal, S. Aithal","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.62029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.62029","url":null,"abstract":"Education is the most important thing for any country to develop and prosper. Education moulds the character and intelligence of individuals. It also provides the talent and motivation to every person. The conventional education system at higher education level is analogous to brick and mortar type business system, where a student gets systematic education from college/University by personally attending required courses regularly (Full time/part Time). However, the conventional education system has many drawbacks and lot of improvements are expected in future days. One of the possible developments in next generation education system is online education. In this paper, we have discussed the online education system as next generation education system and impact of online education system in higher education on development of science & society. The types of online education models and their importance are discussed. The advantages, benefits, constraints and disadvantages of online education systems are discussed. The features some of the online portals are studied by considering some of the important online education models e.g., edX, Alison, NPTEL and UZity as case examples. Finally, the online education system is compared with a hypothetical system called \"Ideal education system.\"","PeriodicalId":370988,"journal":{"name":"eBusiness & eCommerce eJournal","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130813110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}