From e-Consumer to e-Prosumer – Changes in Behaviour of e-Services’ Purchasers Cover Image

Od e-Konsumenta Do e-Prosumenta – Zmiany W Postępowaniu Nabywców e-Usług
From e-Consumer to e-Prosumer – Changes in Behaviour of e-Services’ Purchasers

Author(s): Robert Wolny
Subject(s): Behaviorism, Economic development, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: e-services; prosumtion; qualitative research;

Summary/Abstract: E-service market development is accompanied by development of a presumption phenomenon. Technical possibilities currently provided by the Internet favour prosumer behaviours. E-service consumers are not only passive beneficiaries of e-providers’ offer, but they take the initiative, co-participate in creating and designing individualized e-services. The article presents the issues related to behaviour of e-services’ purchasers and demonstrates the results of qualitative research in this regard. The empirical material was conducted via the technique of non-participant observation, in 2015, investigating the discussion participants on specialized Internet message boards devoted to e-services.

  • Issue Year: 15/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 145-152
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English