Online foods order and delivery service: a pilot study

There has been a growing trend among providers of physical products and services to shift from purely „traditional‟ to „online‟ modes of receiving orders online and thereafter affecting deliveries via suitable means. Success factors in traditional business offering may not be wholly applicable for o...

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Main Authors: Kedah, Zulkarnain, Yusof, Ismail
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/12347/1/Online_Food_Ordering_Pilot_Study.pdf
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spelling iium-123472013-03-22T08:39:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/12347/ Online foods order and delivery service: a pilot study Kedah, Zulkarnain Yusof, Ismail HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products HF5761 Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods There has been a growing trend among providers of physical products and services to shift from purely „traditional‟ to „online‟ modes of receiving orders online and thereafter affecting deliveries via suitable means. Success factors in traditional business offering may not be wholly applicable for online mode of business. Consequently, there is a need to conceptualize a specific model for inevitable online food ordering and delivery. By synthesizing the literature in related areas, this paper aims to propose important components that explain customer placement of food order online and consequent delivery. Available literature suggests that order placement (OP), a dependent variable is made up of two main components, that is, online food ordering (as first independent variable) and delivery services (second independent variable). The study proposed a model and provided testable hypotheses. It carried out a pilot test to obtain general feelings of prospective online orders from urban dwellers. Fast service and convenience have been cited as main factors to make city dwellers want to place their food order online. Factors that dissuade city people to experience online purchase include unknown service provider, low food quality, type and variety of food and perceived lack of online security protection. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/12347/1/Online_Food_Ordering_Pilot_Study.pdf Kedah, Zulkarnain and Yusof, Ismail (2010) Online foods order and delivery service: a pilot study. In: International Conference on Marketing (ic-MAR 2010), 23-24 June, 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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topic HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of products
HF5761 Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods
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HF5761 Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods
Kedah, Zulkarnain
Yusof, Ismail
Online foods order and delivery service: a pilot study
description There has been a growing trend among providers of physical products and services to shift from purely „traditional‟ to „online‟ modes of receiving orders online and thereafter affecting deliveries via suitable means. Success factors in traditional business offering may not be wholly applicable for online mode of business. Consequently, there is a need to conceptualize a specific model for inevitable online food ordering and delivery. By synthesizing the literature in related areas, this paper aims to propose important components that explain customer placement of food order online and consequent delivery. Available literature suggests that order placement (OP), a dependent variable is made up of two main components, that is, online food ordering (as first independent variable) and delivery services (second independent variable). The study proposed a model and provided testable hypotheses. It carried out a pilot test to obtain general feelings of prospective online orders from urban dwellers. Fast service and convenience have been cited as main factors to make city dwellers want to place their food order online. Factors that dissuade city people to experience online purchase include unknown service provider, low food quality, type and variety of food and perceived lack of online security protection.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Kedah, Zulkarnain
Yusof, Ismail
author_facet Kedah, Zulkarnain
Yusof, Ismail
author_sort Kedah, Zulkarnain
title Online foods order and delivery service: a pilot study
title_short Online foods order and delivery service: a pilot study
title_full Online foods order and delivery service: a pilot study
title_fullStr Online foods order and delivery service: a pilot study
title_full_unstemmed Online foods order and delivery service: a pilot study
title_sort online foods order and delivery service: a pilot study
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/12347/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/12347/1/Online_Food_Ordering_Pilot_Study.pdf
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