Browsing by Subject "E-commerce"
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(2023)This thesis focuses on online pharmacies and the consumers who order oral nutritional supplements through these purchase channels. This thesis aims to investigate the factors that influence consumers' choices to buy oral nutritional supplements from online pharmacies and what motivates them to do so. The consumers using oral nutritional supplements can be generalized as a segment of elderly consumers. The thesis has a relevant topic, since already almost one third of Finland’s population is over 65-year-olds and the number of elderly consumers will increase in the future. As the population gets older demand for products and services that improve health, mobility, and overall quality of life increase. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in the demand for purchasing pharmacy products online, not only in Finland but also globally. Although online pharmacy services are relatively new, especially many elderly consumers have turned towards them as a result of the pandemic. General lack of trust in e-commerce and poor electronic service skills are barriers for senior consumers to adapt the use of online pharmacies. The thesis was done in co-operation with a Finnish online pharmacy and company x. The research was carried out as a quantitative study using a questionnaire with 83 consumers who had used an online pharmacy at least once to purchase oral nutritional supplements. The data was analyzed using statistical programs (Microsoft Excel 2203 and IBM SPSS Statistics 28). An online pharmacy was seen as a good purchase channel to buy oral nutritional supplements. Those who ordered oral nutritional supplements online used the online pharmacy as a purchase channel only for these products. Based on these research results the elderly find buying oral nutritional supplements from online pharmacies important because of their heavy weight, but they still prefer buying other pharmacy products from brick-and-mortar stores.
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(2013)The subject of the research was the expectations of Finnish consumers in electronic commerce, especially concentrating on electronic products. The goal was to find out which underlying characteristics arise when the valuations of online shopping are surveyed. These dimensions were also compared to the background variables. In addition the point of interest was on expectations on delivery, payment and customer service. The research was conducted with a questionnaire form using a convenience sample. The survey was conducted in the areas of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kotka and Turku. The aim was to reach different aged Finnish respondents, who were on the moment of the survey 16 years or older. The final sample consisted of 103 respondents. The data was analysed mainly with a Principle Component Analysis and further tests were made using the Analysis of Variance and t-tests. According to the Principle Component Analysis the characteristics of e-commerce in Finland were: privacy control, delivery, mobile-shopping, complete price, Finnish service language and design & navigation. These components followed mostly the original dimensions that were based on earlier research. However a new component of Finnish service language was found. Based on t-tests women valued privacy, mobile-shopping and design more than men. Differences according to the place of residence were examined in the same way. According to this research respondents living outside the capital area value Finnish service language in ecommerce more the residents of capital area. Approximately half of the respondents preferred to pay their purchases using online banking. The second most popular method was a credit card. Most of the respondents expect the package to arrive in 4 to 5 days from the ordering. Over half would pick up the parcel from the post office and approximately one fifth chose the home delivery. The traditional customer service mediums were the most preferred. Together over 90 percent of the respondents would contact the customer service by phone and by e-mail.
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