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THE EXAMINED OF THE INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 ON E-COMMERCE AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR: A STUDY ON TURKEY
Abstract
Pandemics in human history have brought about great changes from the past to the present. The most serious outbreak in recent history is Coronavirus (Covid-19), which is thought to have started in Wuhan, People’s Republic of China. How long the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic will last is unknown. In this obscurity, some changes have been observed in customer behaviour as well as several areas due to the precautionary restrictions in many countries. This study aims to identify what kind of changes the Covid-19 pandemic has caused in e-commerce and customer behaviour. While the study was conducted with a literature review, one of the qualitative research techniques, PESTE Analysis which is rare in literature and provides the opportunity to evaluate the results in an interdisciplinary manner was also used. As a result, has increased demand for health, hygiene and personal care products during the pandemic. On the other hand, demand for several services such as travel and entertainment has decreased. When we look at the result of the PESTE analysis, Pandemic has been observed to develop/change political, economic, sociological, technological, and ecological behaviours.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Economics , Business Systems in Context
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
June 30, 2021
Submission Date
May 18, 2021
Acceptance Date
May 23, 2021
Published in Issue
Year 2021 Volume: 6 Number: 1