<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> New telecommunication technologies and services have caused important challenges on travel behaviour and trip characteristics. Existing literature studies show many different outcomes regarding the effects of the new technologies on the participation of people to their personal activities and related travel; specifically, e-shopping may produce the reduction of shopping trips (substitution effect), but also an increase of trips thanks to the reuse of the travel time saved for other activities and trips (complementarity’s effect). The focus of this study is to analyse the aspects mostly affecting consumer choices of purchasing goods by web or in-store, with the aim of understanding how to operate so that e-shopping can positively modify consumers’ travel behaviour. Our research findings show that individual social and economic factors, consumer attitudes, and shopping mode characteristics influence the usage of online shopping. An experimental survey addressed to a sample of Italian consumers is used in the study.</p></abstract>

New telecommunication technologies and services have caused important challenges on travel behaviour and trip characteristics. Existing literature studies show many different outcomes regarding the effects of the new technologies on the participation of people to their personal activities and related travel; specifically, e-shopping may produce the reduction of shopping trips (substitution effect), but also an increase of trips thanks to the reuse of the travel time saved for other activities and trips (complementarity’s effect). The focus of this study is to analyse the aspects mostly affecting consumer choices of purchasing goods by web or in-store, with the aim of understanding how to operate so that e-shopping can positively modify consumers’ travel behaviour. Our research findings show that individual social and economic factors, consumer attitudes, and shopping mode characteristics influence the usage of online shopping. An experimental survey addressed to a sample of Italian consumers is used in the study.

Individual Attitudes and Shopping Mode Characteristics Affecting the Use of E-Shopping and Related Travel

University of Calabria - Faculty of Engineering, Department of Land Use Planning P. Bucci, cubo 46/B, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy Ph. +39.984.496754. Fax +39.984.496784

University of Calabria – Faculty of Engineering, Department of Land Use Planning P. Bucci, cubo 46/B, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy Ph. +39.984.496784. Fax +39.984.496784

University of Calabria – Faculty of Engineering, Department of Land Use Planning P. Bucci, cubo 46/B, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy Ph. +39.984.496782. Fax +39.984.496784

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

New telecommunication technologies and services have caused important challenges on travel behaviour and trip characteristics. Existing literature studies show...

Individual Attitudes and Shopping Mode Characteristics Affecting the Use of E-Shopping and Related Travel

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 45 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2013-0006

Keywords
e-commerce, travel behaviour, logistic regression models

This content is open access.

Individual Attitudes and Shopping Mode Characteristics Affecting the Use of E-Shopping and Related Travel

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 45 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2013-0006

Keywordse-commerce, travel behaviour, logistic regression models

This content is open access.

Keywords
e-commerce, travel behaviour, logistic regression models