The advancement in network technology has stimulated the proliferation of online learning. Online learning platforms, such as the learning management systems (LMS) and e-book reading systems, are widely used in higher education to enhance students' reflection and planning of the learning process. Although many studies have explored the relationships between students' reading patterns and learning performances, few have examined the effects of self-regulated learning, learning strategy, and self-efficacy on the learning performance of students. Here, the authors collected the reading logs from an e-book reading system BookRoll and investigated the correlations between students' abilities of self-regulated learning, learning strategy, self-efficacy, and learning performance. The results of this study provide valuable insights to the teachers in higher education regarding designing courses helpful for students to improve their learning performance. Request access from your librarian to read this article's full text.

The acceptance of e-commerce among consumers has stimulated the rise of virtual stores. Increasing traditional retailers or people who do not have sufficient capital for maintaining a brick-and-mortar store have considered using virtual stores to reach global market. In the e-commerce literature, there has been rich research evidence concerning consumers’ acceptance of virtual stores. However, rigorous academic research on retailers’ acceptance of virtual stores is relatively scarce today. This study draws upon the theory of planned behavior and information richness theory to propose an integrated theoretical model. A field survey is used to collect data from e-tailers. The data are analyzed to examine the six relationships posited in the research model. Findings of this study provide a further research avenue for e-commerce, and implications for those who are managing or considering using virtual stores.

The study compares the relative performance among bricks-and-mortar, clicks-and-mortar, and pure-click firms. The research model was tested in the Taiwan service industry using a Taiwan Economic Journal dataset of 1448 firms. Using regression analysis, the study provides empirical evidence that clicks-and-mortar firms outperform pure-click firms in terms of efficiency, but not better in profitability and even worse in efficiency than bricks-and-mortar firms. Pure-click firms need to improve their accounts receivable turnover ratio and total assets turnover. While the findings are not in full congruence with past studies, we provide theoretical explanations. Based on the findings, a strategic guide on going clicks and mortar is provided to practitioners.