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A Cross-Continent Analysis of the Invariance of Product Information in Cross-Border Electronic Commerce

A Cross-Continent Analysis of the Invariance of Product Information in Cross-Border Electronic Commerce

Wenlong Zhu, Jian Mou, Jason F. Cohen
Copyright: © 2021 |Volume: 29 |Issue: 6 |Pages: 23
ISSN: 1062-7375|EISSN: 1533-7995|EISBN13: 9781799872627|DOI: 10.4018/JGIM.289654
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Zhu, Wenlong, et al. "A Cross-Continent Analysis of the Invariance of Product Information in Cross-Border Electronic Commerce." JGIM vol.29, no.6 2021: pp.1-23. http://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.289654

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Zhu, W., Mou, J., & Cohen, J. F. (2021). A Cross-Continent Analysis of the Invariance of Product Information in Cross-Border Electronic Commerce. Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), 29(6), 1-23. http://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.289654

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Zhu, Wenlong, Jian Mou, and Jason F. Cohen. "A Cross-Continent Analysis of the Invariance of Product Information in Cross-Border Electronic Commerce," Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM) 29, no.6: 1-23. http://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.289654

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Abstract

Cross-border electronic-commerce (CBEC) is growing. However, due to differences in culture, habits, history and language among other factors, consumers in different regions may have different perception towards the same product information on CBEC platforms, which may lead to differences in their cognition of the product with implications for purchase intentions. Presently, little research has attempted to understand whether there are such differences between global consumers through the examination of measurement invariance (MI) in CBEC environments. By using multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA), this study explored the invariance of two product information cognitions on CBEC platforms, namely product description and product awareness, among consumers in North America, Europe, Latin America and Oceania. Data was collected from users of a popular CBEC platform in China. We find no significant differences in understandings and levels of awareness of product information across the four groups of consumers.