[pt] O movimento de internacionalização de empresas brasileiras iniciou-se pelo setor industrial; a internacionalização das empresas de varejo é um fenômeno mais recente no país. Assim, pesquisas sobre o processo de internacionalização de empresas varejistas brasileiras não são muito numerosas no Brasil, sobretudo sobre empresas de comércio eletrônico. Nesse contexto, o estudo objetivou investigar, através do método de estudo de caso da empresa B2W – Companhia Global do Varejo, o processo de interncaionalização de uma empresa brasileira de comércio eletrônico – suas motivações, como ela expandiu seus negócios no exterior, obstáculos enfrentados e fatores facilitadores do processo. Atuar internacionalmente foi uma forma de ampliação de mercado e diversificação para redução de riscos e hoje faz parte da estratégia de crescimento da empresa. O estudo utilizou dados secundários provenientes de teses, dissertações, artigos e Internet, além de dados primários coletados em entrevistas em profundidade com os principais executivos da empresa. A análise dos dados mostrou que as estruturas teóricas registradas nesta tese foram identificadas no processo de internacionalização da empresa estudada. / [en] The movement of internalization of brazilian enterprises is primarily characterized by the displacement of industrial companies; the internalization of retail business is a more recent phenomenon. Thus, studies on the internalization process of brazilian retail companies are not numerous yet in the country. In this context, the study aimed to investigate, using the method of case study of B2W – Companhia Global do varejo, the internalization process of a brazilian eCommerce company - their motives, how it expanded their business abroad and what were their main obstacles that have been faced and the facilitating factors of the process. Acting abroad was a way for widening markets and diversifying risks for the enterprise, and nowadays, it is the focus of its growing strategy. This study has utilized secondary data retrieved from theses, dissertation, articles and internet, besides primary data collected through in-depth interviews with main company executives. Data analysis showed that theoretical framework employed in this work was present in the internalization process of the company studied.

How can a company decrease their return rates? And can be this conducted by integrating more with the customer via social media? These two main research questions are the core of this Master-Thesis and are related on the mail-order company BON’A PARTE. The focus on the target markets is Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.Fitting problems, different expectations of the order, and inadequate price-performance ratio are the most return reasons for BON’A PARTE customers. In the fashion industry it is very important to satisfy the customer, especially meeting their demands. Due to the straightforwardness of the Internet it is difficult for mail-order companies to build customer loyalty since Internet users can change via one click to the competitors.In order to reach the study purpose, research question related to e-commerce, returns management, and consumer interaction via social media were focused on.The used methodology during the work was literature, a survey, and a case study. For the theory part literature was used and the survey gave an important overview of the return reasons within the company. By ordering garments from the company a qualitative analysis could be developed which reflected the customers’ expectations.By minimizing the gaps between the customers and the company, which involves keeping the company’s promise the return rate can be decrease and BON’A PARTE can build up a personal relationship to their customers. Social media, like the networks Facebook and Twitter are good possibilities to reach new customers and keep their loyal ones. Through interacting with blogs BON’A PARTE can communicate in a better way with their consumers. / Program: Magisterutbildning i Applied Textile Management

El presente proyecto sobre útiles escolares o artículos de oficina nos muestra la viabilidad de su ejecución, este proyecto está dirigido a padres de familia y personas que laboran en oficinas que viven, trabajan o radican en la zona 7 de Lima Metropolitana, nos estamos refiriendo a los distritos de San Borja, San Isidro, Miraflores, Surco y La Molina. Nos hemos enfocado en ese target, debido a que según nuestras investigaciones se les hace muy complicado la compra de útiles escolares a inicios de cada año escolar a los padres de familia, y por otro lado a las personas que laboran en oficina se les hace complicado comprar distintos artículos por su falta de tiempo, ambos coinciden en que es tedioso hacer estas comprar por el tiempo, la comodidad, los precios, entre otros. Es por eso que Utilibro ofrece útiles escolares o artículos de oficina a unos precios menores a los del mercado, adicionando un servicio de delivery para simplificar la vida de los consumidores. / This project about office and school supplies shows the viability of its execution. It is focused on both parents with children aged 6 to 17 and office men that live in the districts of San Borja, San Isidro, Miraflores, Santiago de Surco and La Molina from Metropolitan Lima. We targeted those segments because our investigation concluded that it is difficult for parents to acquire all the school supplies required at the beginning of the academic year and office men usually don’t have the time to invest in buying supplies for their workplace. Both segments coincide in the fact that it is tedious to get those supplies for a matter of time, confort, pricing, etc. That’s why Utilibro offers the solution by selling both school and office supplies at a lower cost and delivers the orders to the place designed by our customers. / Trabajo de investigación

This thesis investigated trust over the Internet to seek a better understanding of trust and ways to increase trust in online transactions. The focus of this investigation was consumer-to-consumer transactions at online auctions where key actors were virtually anonymous to each other. The perceptions of a broad range of online auction community members support this thesis. Normative and grounded theoretical perspectives of trust and factors that affected trust were considered, compared and contrasted as part of this research. Concept mapping and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) were used to underpin the grounded theoretical perspective of trust developed as part of this thesis. Online auction cases were selected and analysed to check the grounded theoretical perspective of trust developed. This thesis provided a better understanding of trust, provided new insights into trust and distrust, added to the body of theory for trust and identified ways to increase trust in online transactions. This thesis provided better understandings of: trust; moral obligations; network decision structures; power; fairness; and perceived behavioural controls at online auctions. A grounded theoretical model of trust based in TPB was developed that was specific to online auctions. This model of trust developed appeared to provide clearer and richer insights into online auction trust. The model of trust developed identified factors and constructs that affected trust rather than the magnitude of any affects. The model developed and findings of this thesis can be applied to new or specific online auction sites to help practitioners build better online environments to encourage more people to transact rather than just browse online. The grounded theoretical perspective of trust and findings of this thesis may be relevant to other online consumer-to-consumer transactional environments.

This thesis investigated trust over the Internet to seek a better understanding of trust and ways to increase trust in online transactions. The focus of this investigation was consumer-to-consumer transactions at online auctions where key actors were virtually anonymous to each other. The perceptions of a broad range of online auction community members support this thesis. Normative and grounded theoretical perspectives of trust and factors that affected trust were considered, compared and contrasted as part of this research. Concept mapping and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) were used to underpin the grounded theoretical perspective of trust developed as part of this thesis. Online auction cases were selected and analysed to check the grounded theoretical perspective of trust developed. This thesis provided a better understanding of trust, provided new insights into trust and distrust, added to the body of theory for trust and identified ways to increase trust in online transactions. This thesis provided better understandings of: trust; moral obligations; network decision structures; power; fairness; and perceived behavioural controls at online auctions. A grounded theoretical model of trust based in TPB was developed that was specific to online auctions. This model of trust developed appeared to provide clearer and richer insights into online auction trust. The model of trust developed identified factors and constructs that affected trust rather than the magnitude of any affects. The model developed and findings of this thesis can be applied to new or specific online auction sites to help practitioners build better online environments to encourage more people to transact rather than just browse online. The grounded theoretical perspective of trust and findings of this thesis may be relevant to other online consumer-to-consumer transactional environments.

Vortrag UNIX-Stammtisch 06/99

El presente proyecto consiste en la construcción de un plan de emprendimiento. Este plan es diseñado para varones y mujeres entre 20 a 45 años que radican en el Perú. Clock es nuestra marca desarrollada para brindar relojes importados de China. A través de nuestras validaciones, pudimos encontrar un segmento de clientes no satisfechos con respecto a la compra de relojes elegantes a un bajo precio. En ese momento nació la idea de nuestro proyecto, comercializar relojes a todo el Perú, llegando a todas las ciudades a través de nuestros socios claves.  Tras ocho semanas de duración de este curso, se ha comprobado la viabilidad de este proyecto. Llegamos a la conclusión que el modelo de negocio presentado es rentable para los inversionistas. / The present project consists in the construction of an entrepreneurship plan. This plan is designed for men and women between 20 and 45 years old living in Peru. CLOCK is our brand developed to provide watches imported from China. Through our validations, we were able to find a segment of unsatisfied customers regarding the purchase of good quality watches at a low price.  At that time the idea of our project was born, to market watches throughout Peru, reaching all cities through our key partners. After eight hard weeks of this course, the viability of this project has been proven. We conclude that the business model presented is profitable for investors. After 8 weeks of this course, the viability of this project has been verified. We conclude that the business model presented is profitable for investors. / Trabajo de investigación

Cette thèse se propose de contribuer à l’avancement des travaux en marketing sur le comportement d’achat et de report sur Internet. Dans ce travail, nous avons proposé une nouvelle vision du concept de report d’achat et de celui de la procrastination de l’achat. Après une étude qualitative et une revue de la littérature, nous avons identifié plusieurs causes potentielles du report de l’achat en ligne que nous avons classé en deux catégories, selon le type de report qu’elles induisent : Les causes du report subi et les causes du report choisi de l’achat en ligne. Nous avons ensuite testé l’effet de ces causes sur le report et sur sa durée et ce aussi bien en nombre de visites qu’en nombre de jours. A cet effet, deux modélisations ont été proposées. La première modélisation, qui concerne le report, a été testée au moyen d’une régression logistique binaire mettant en jeu sept déterminants du report. La deuxième modélisation, qui concerne la durée du report, a été testée au moyen de deux systèmes d’équations structurelles, le modèle global et le modèle réduit. Dans ce qui suit, nous présentons les apports théoriques et managériaux de la thèse, ainsi que les limites et les voies de recherches futures. 1. Apports de la recherche Cette recherche présente plusieurs contributions tant au niveau théorique que managérial. Ces apports sont développés ci-dessous. 1.1. Apports au niveau théoriqueCette recherche a permis de clarifier les ambiguïtés de la littérature autour des concepts de report et de procrastination. Nous avons proposé une nouvelle approche de ces deux concepts et mis en valeur l’existence de deux types de report : le report subi et le report choisi de l’achat. Après une revue détaillée de la littérature, nous avons contribué à une meilleure identification des causes du report de l’achat en ligne via une étude qualitative dédiée. Nous avons mis en valeur l’existence des causes du report subi et nous avons souligné l’importance de leur prise en considération dans l’explication du report d’achat et de sa durée.Ensuite, nous avons montré l’importance de quatre causes du report de nature situationnelle : La non-urgence, l’incertitude du besoin, le risque de la réalisation immédiate et la complexité. L’effet positif des trois premières causes a été testé et vérifié aussi bien sur le report que sur sa durée. L’effet positif de la complexité a été vérifié uniquement sur la durée du report en nombre de visites. L’effet positif du trait de procrastination a également été testé. Son effet sur la décision du report n’a pas été vérifié, mais son effet sur la durée du report via le risque de la réalisation immédiate et la complexité a été vérifié. Nous avons, par ailleurs, montré que le trait de procrastination a un effet positif sur la perception du risque général, du risque de la réalisation immédiate, de la complexité de l’achat ainsi que sur l’attitude négative envers l’achat en ligne. Cette recherche a également montré que la modélisation du trait de procrastination en haut de la chaine de causalité conduisant au report d’achat en ligne procurait un ajustement acceptable aux données, spécialement dans le cas d’un modèle réduit. Par ailleurs, nous avons développé la première échelle du trait de procrastination de l’acheteur en ligne. Nous avons également développé l’échelle de mesure du risque de la réalisation immédiate (Coût d’opportunité) et celle relative au degré de certitude du besoin. Enfin, nous avons adapté à partir d’échelles préexistantes les échelles d’attitude négative envers l’achat en ligne, du risque général de l’achat en ligne et de la complexité de l’achat en ligne. 1.2. Apports au niveau managérialLes résultats de cette recherche attirent tout d’abord l’attention des sites web marchands sur le fait qu’une majorité des répondants attribuent le report d’achat à des causes indépendantes de leurs volontés (report subi). / This thesis contributes to marketing works on the consumer delay in online purchases. In this work, we proposed a new vision of the concept of purchase delay and that of the procrastination of the purchase. After a qualitative study and a literature review, we identified several potential causes of the on-line purchase delay which we classified in two categories, according to the type of delay whom they lead: (1) The causes of the undergone online purchase delay and (2) the causes of the chosen online purchase delay. We then tested the effect of these causes on the online purchase delay and on its duration. For that purpose, two models were proposed. The first model, which concerns the “delay” was tested by means of a binary logistic regression involving seven determiners. The second model, which concerns the duration of the delay, was tested by means of two systems of structural equations. In what follows, we present the theoretical and manager contributions of the thesis, as well as the limits and the ways of futures researches. 1) Contributions of the researchThis research presents several theoretical and manager contributions. These contributions are developed below. a) Theoretical contributionsThis research allowed to clarify the ambiguities of the literature around the concepts of “delay” and “procrastination”. We proposed a new approach of these two concepts and emphasized the existence of two types of “delay” : “The undergone delay” and “the chosen delay”.After a literature review, we contributed to a better identification of the causes of the on-line purchase delay via a dedicated qualitative study. We emphasized the existence of the causes of the undergone delay and we underlined the importance of their taking into consideration in the explanation of the purchase delay and of its duration. Then, we showed the importance of four situational causes of the delay : The non-urgency, the uncertainty of the need, the risk of the immediate realization and the complexity. The positive effect of the first three causes was tested and verified as well on the “delay” as on its duration. The positive effect of the complexity was only verified on the duration of delay in number of visits. The positive effect of the online buyer trait procrastination was also tested. Its effect on the delay decision was not verified, but its effect on the delay duration via the risk of the immediate realization and the complexity was verified. We showed, besides, that the trait procrastination has a positive effect on the perception of the general risk, the risk of the immediate realization, the complexity of the purchase as well as on the negative attitude to the on-line purchase. This research also showed that the modelling of the online buyer trait procrastination at the top of the causality chain leading to on-line purchase delay got an acceptable adjustment to the data, specially in the case of the reduced model.Besides, we developed the first scale of the online buyer trait procrastination. We also developed a scale of the immediate purchase realization risk (Opportunity cost) and a third scale relative to the purchase need certainty degree . Finally, we adapted from pre-existent scales the scales of on-line purchase negative attitude, the on-line purchase general risk and the on-line purchase complexity. b) Managerial contributions The results of this search research draw first of all the attention of retail websites on the fact that a majority of online buyers the referees attribute their online purchase delay to causes independent from their wills (undergone delay ). Among these causes, a good part is presented by the online buyers as resulting from a failure of the site (persistent technical breakdowns, unavailability of the product, refusal of the credit card, etc.).

I dagens samhälle flyttar allt fler tjänster online, något som människor idag kommit att förvänta sig. E-handel är inget undantag till detta. Intäkter från e-handel har ökat stadigt på senare år och blivit en allt större del av handelns intäkter överlag. Av denna anledning kan man anta att återförsäljare av alla storlekar skulle tjäna på att investera i närvaro på internet. Att skapa en ny e-handelssida kan dock vara svårt, speciellt om man inte har tiden, kunnigheten eller pengarna som krävs för att utveckla, eller anlita någon att utveckla, en ehandelssida från grunden. Att använda sig av en så kallad e-handelsplattform vars syfte är att man lätt och billigt kan starta en e-handelssida utan vidare teknisk kompetens ser därför ut som en enkel lösning på problemen. Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka om dessa plattformar lämpar sig för att skapa en högkvalitativ e-handelssida utan att användaren behöver sätta sig in i koden, samt hur lätt detta var att göra. Specifikt har två plattformar undersökts, Shopify och Textalk, huvudsakligen genom observationer och intervjuer. Slutsatsen som dras från detta arbete är att det är de mest grundläggande beståndsdelarna i en e-handelssida som är lättast att skapa med plattformarna. Specifika krav på exakt hur ehandelssidan som skapas ska se ut blir svårare att uppfylla med Textalk och Shopify då användarens kontroll över utseendet är begränsad om användaren inte skriver eller redigerar källkod. Dessa begränsade möjligheter är eventuellt resultatet av en kompromiss mellan användarvänlighet och valmöjligheter för anpassning av e-handelssidan. / In today's society an ever growing number of services are moving online, something which people have come to expect. E-commerce is no exception of this. Revenue from e-commerce has been in a steady increase in recent years and is becoming a larger and larger share of overall commerce revenue. For this reason one assumes it to be pertinent for retailers of all sizes to invest in online presence. However, creating a new online store can be difficult, especially if you do not have the time, expertise or money needed to develop, or hire someone to develop an e-commerce website from scratch. Using a so-called e-commerce platform seems like a good solution to this problem as their purpose is to provide an easy and inexpensive way for people without prior technical expertise to start an e-commerce website. The purpose of this paper was to examine if it is possible to create a high quality e-commerce website without having the store owner get into the code, and how easy this was to do. We have examined two of these platforms in particular, Shopify and Textalk, mainly by conducting observations and interviews. The conclusion drawn from this work is that the more basic parts of an e-commerce website are the easiest to create with the platforms. Specific requirements for how the e-commerce website should look are more difficult to fulfil with Textalk and Shopify as the user only has limited control over the design if they’re not editing or writing new code in the platforms. This limited control is possibly the result of a trade-off between ease of use and available options for customizability.

Aim: The aim of this thesis is to analyse the influence of social media on fast fashion e-commerce multinational businesses and to identify the aims of Corporations using social media and why they adopt it as a marketing strategy to meet their long term objectives.   Methodology Approach:  This research study utilised a qualitative approach which comprises of primary and secondary data in order to conduct research and gather empirical evidence to evaluate the research aims and questions and to fill the gap that previous researches have not sufficiently covered. This thesis involved the use of a multiple case study by interviewing four international fast fashion companies based in Sweden, Stockholm. These companies are Bik Bok, River Island, Monki and Vero Moda. The researcher used a face to face interview method and telephone method. In total ten (10) interviews have been conducted.   Findings: The main finding of this research study is that the four e-commerce companies employed social media as a marketing strategy. Through thorough analysis it was found that Instagram was the most dominant of all social media platform. The use of social media marketing is vital for these fast fashion e-commerce businesses as they can have direct contact with their customers, attract new customers and to get to know their target market. These four companies opened an e-commerce business to offer product datasheet and to expand market for niche products. However, social media have also influenced few of these e-commerce businesses by the use of word of mouth.   Limitations: The limitation of this study is the lack of having the perspective of managers in the department of social media. The work could have been improved if the researcher was able to be in contact with those people in order to have a better validation of this research study. Moreover, there were inadequate resources or authors that have specifically covered the influenced of social media on fast fashion e-commerce firms and how they operate.  This could be seen as the research gap.   Suggestions For Further Research: As this research study only covers the influence of social media on fast fashion e-commerce businesses.Further study can be conducted on the perspective of fast fashion e-commerce customer’s perspective. Moreover, a bigger sampling of respondents can be collected rather than only collecting data from 2 or 3 people from each company. There might be a possibility if the chosen sampling  was bigger; the  researcher could have  had more  concrete  and solid research study.