New developments in modeling Internet consumer behavior: Introduction to the special issue

This first special issue of the Journal of Business Research on Internet consumer behavior features thirteen articles selected from the papers submitted following a call for submissions issued in January 2008. They cover topics related to new developments in modeling Internet consumer behavior, and the contributions are regrouped into three broad categories: modeling based on the S-O-R paradigm, modeling based on the TAM model and advances in online consumer information processing. It concludes with future research directions. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.