2008 m. gruodžio 21 d. priimtas Nesąžiningos komercinės veiklos vartotojams draudimo įstatymas, kuris įgyvendino 2005 m. gegužės 11 d. Europos Parlamento ir Tarybos direktyvą 2005/29/EB dėl nesąžiningos įmonių komercinės praktikos vartotojų atžvilgiu vidaus rinkoje. Tokiu būdu mūsų valstybėje pradėta reguliuoti apsauga nuo nesąžiningos komercinės praktikos, kenkiančios vartotojų ekonominiams interesams. Šio instituto teisinio reguliavimo ir taikymo problemos yra nagrinėjamos šiame darbe. Siekiant atskleisti apsaugos nuo nesąžiningos komercinės praktikos instituto itin glaudų ryšį su nesąžiningos konkurencijos teise, darbe pirmiausia pristatoma nesąžiningos komercinės praktikos draudimo teisinio reguliavimo genezė. Šios apžvalga yra itin svarbi, ypač atsižvelgiant į nagrinėjamo instituto naujumą Lietuvos teisinės sistemos kontekste. Darbe taip pat analizuojamos konkrečios nesąžiningos komercinės praktikos draudimo B2C santykiuose teisinio reguliavimo ir taikymo problemos. Kadangi Nesąžiningos komercinės praktikos direktyvai yra būdingas maksimalaus harmonizavimo pobūdis, darbe pakankamai daug dėmesio skiriama šio mechanizmo komplikuotumui, sąlygotam netinkamo jo pritaikymo nūdienos Europai, atskleisti. Direktyvos maksimalaus harmonizavimo pobūdis taip pat lemia poreikį kuo tiksliau apibrėžti direktyvos teisinio reguliavimo apimtį. Dėl šios priežasties darbe įvardijama su pastarosios nustatymu susijusi problematika, daugiau dėmesio skiriant „komercinės praktikos“ termino... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Directive 2005/29/EC concerning unfair B2C commercial practices in the internal market was adopted by the European Parliament and Council on 11 May 2005 and was implemented in Lithuania on 21 December 2007 as the Law on the Prohibition of Unfair Commercial Practices to Consumers. Thus our country began to regulate the protection against unfair commercial practices harming consumers’ economic interests. This paper deal with the problems of legal regulation and application of this institute. In respect that the area of harmonised law is so closely intertwined with the law of unfair competition, the paper first and foremost presents the genesis of unfair B2C commercial practices regulation in European Union. The novelty of unfair commercial practices institute in Lithuanian legal system makes this aspect much more important. The paper also examines the problems of legal regulation and application of prohibiting unfair commercial practices in B2C relationships. The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive provides for maximum harmonisation. This principle not only raised much concern in the legal literature but also yield a number of difficulties in the interpretation of the directive. For this reason, the paper focuses not only on the maximum harmonization mechanism but also on the scope of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive which is particularly related with the latter. In this section the paper especially emphasizes the concept ‘commercial practices’ which covers a wide... [to full text]

The purpose of this thesis is to analyse and to explore how B2C e-commerce businesses could use social media marketing strategies to increase their consumers purchase intentions on their sites. Findings enabled the development and research of a comprehensive social media marketing system which includes a general set of components and tools aiming at increasing purchase intentions on such sites. The theoretical framework of the thesis is based on literature as well as previous studies of Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Marketing System, E-commerce, B2C, Social Commerce, S-commerce, Online Purchase Intentions, Trust and Social Trust. A conceptual framework was created and led the research method which used a convergent parallel mixed method design that includes gathering and analysing both qualitative and quantitative data. The data is gathered from potential users and clients of the system and led by the user-centered design (UCD) process. The obtained qualitative and quantitative data was analysed separately and then merged together by a side-by-side comparison. With the use of this approach, several ways businesses can increase consumers purchase intentions towards their B2C e-commerce site were discovered. Social media presence, published content, publishing frequency, content type, special sale promotions and social media friends are variables that have been found to be influential upon purchase intentions. The integration of a social media marketing system combined with these variables was found to be a successful tool for B2C e-commerce businesses wanting to increase consumers purchase intention through social media networks.

Physical customer products have an environmental impact, such as greenhouse gas emissions, due to the use of virgin resources from cradle-to-grave, especially when the origin of the material is from fossil resources. This thesis aims to create a circular business model, by investigating the product ‘stroller’ and place it in a Product Service System, where the user subscribes to the Stroller Service System. This means that the product gets a service function: ‘transportation of a child’, mapped with a user-centered approach. The main objective is to lower the ecological footprint by adopting a modular design including bio-based material and stainless steel, and also include services to address economical and social sustainability goals. The methodology that is used is divided into two parts: Status Analysis – which consists of stroller related literature study, literature review and case study, and the second part is the Design Process – creating the product-, service- and system design. The results are grounded in user insights, life cycle assessment and co-creation with experts, where the conclusions are that a PSS Model Stroller should be used by 4-6 users which translate to about 15-20 years of usage for the steel layer. The way of refurbishing the strollers is done by contract workers that exist where the users exists, i.e. Ease Stroller Hub, who change the bio-based material in-between the use-phases and hands over the refurbished stroller to the next user. Add-on services of access to car pools and grocery delivery is included in the system to ease the stroller user’s everyday life and is a way to designing out the need of owning a car, to lower the overall environmental impact.

To date much of the literature on consumers' concerns about business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce has described findings from quantitative research. As a result, much of that literature has focused on specific previously-identified concerns (e.g., privacy of personal information, use of credit cards for on-line payment). Also, there has been little research into the concerns of New Zealand consumers, and all of it has been quantitative. In order to gain a broader understanding, this study took a qualitative approach. Three focus groups were conducted, in order to identify consumers' concerns. The concerns that were thus identified were combined with those that a review of the literature had previously identified, and were used to draw up a set of guidelines to be used in semi-structured interviews. Fifteen interviews were then conducted, in order to gain consumers' views about each concern. It seems that at a higher level, consumer's concerns have shifted. The literature suggests that in the past consumers' concerns about Internet shopping have focused on the fact that Internet shopping is conducted via the Internet – as a result of which consumers have, for example, been concerned about the privacy of their personal information ('if I give them my e-mail address, will I get spam?') This study suggests that now consumers' concerns focus on the fact that Internet shopping is a form of shopping – as a result of which they are now only prepared to use the Web sites of 'reputable companies', and they now require to be able to evaluate an item adequately before buying it. And it seems that another result of this is that consumers now expect that the 'reputable companies' whose Web sites they visit will – as a matter of course - address to their satisfaction issues such as the privacy of their personal information. While there are some types of products that consumers are prepared to buy on-line (e.g., air travel), there are many about which they are reluctant. Concerns were expressed about a wide range of potential purchases, and for a variety of reasons; also, some data was inconsistent (for example, some consumers were not prepared to buy clothes on-line, but others were). This appears to be an area in which consumer attitudes are still evolving. It is suggested that it may be helpful for further research on this matter to consider both demographic factors and the degree of consumer involvement in particular types of purchases.

This diploma thesis deals with the development of the business activities of Ideal Media. It operates in the e-business market. Based on the theoretical knowledge, the analysis of the external and internal environment will be carried out in this work. The reason is to assess the current market situation and the company. The result of the work is to provide suggestions and recommendations for the development of the company's business activities.

This master’s thesis is concerned with the creation of a proposal of internet bookshop. It consists of theoretical findings of internet shopping, analysis of present situation as well as trends in the book area. The goal of my diploma thesis is to project a model of internet shop including necessary changes in company's structure and finally the economical summary of the project.

The content of this Master thesis is the creation of the car repair shop services informational security model and also the creation of commensurate e-commerce system solution for this car repair shop.

This master`s thesis deals with comprehensive proposal of new web pages design with e-commerce. It contains analysis of actual website, actual trends and design of optimal e-commerce solution, as new web pages design, functions, design of code structure and content structure and its implementation to internet server. It also includes economic point of view and strategic concept of new web with e-commerce.

This master's thesis focuses on the analysis, design and implementation of Electronic Commerce. The first part is devoted to Internet marketing, search engine optimization and modeling of Electronic Commerce from a theoretical point of view. The analytical part focuses on the description of the common e-commerce functionalities and meeting with some available solutions and steps for its implementation. There will be designed and implemented model of E-commerce based on theoretical and analytical knowledge. This model will serve as the basic part for future application, which fits specific customer's needs.

This thesis investigates the rapid transformation of e-commerce innovation in relation to planning intention inertia. This research explores the development of e-commerce prior to the Covid-19 pandemic effects and during, in relation to authority’s recognition of the development. The thesis also explores consumers’ reasons and choices for purchasing products through e-commerce. Furthermore, it explores last mile delivery solutions and logistics, together with future aspects and collaborations. Qualitative methodology is applied in the thesis involving semi-structured interviews with ten respondents from nine organisations, conversation analysis from a digital event in the form of one moderator and four attendees and content analysis from five documents and reports. The theoretical approach involves theories on diffusion and technological change and planning intention inertia together with collective action.