英文摘要 |
Online purchase brings online retailers huge revenues and opportunities, but there are still some risks exist in it. Due to the characteristics of online transaction, customers can not inspect products during the process. Thus, customers may worry that the products are unsuitable or not as good as anticipated. Furthermore, security and privacy issues toward the online transaction are also major concerns for customers which may stop customers to shop online. Hence this thesis proposed a model exploring the impact of the risk perception on customers’ online purchasing intention. The results showed that intention to purchase on the Internet was affected positively by consumers’ attitudes toward online purchase. Consumers’ attitudes were affected by consumers’ trust and risk perception. Risk perception, however, does not exhibit direct influence to the intention to purchase on the Internet. As for the antecedents of risk perception, we found that website’s return policy, privacy, trust and security as significant factors influencing online consumers’ risk perception. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed. |