Globalizing retail and the ‘new e-conomy’: The organizational challenge of e-commerce for the retail TNCs

Wrigley, Neil; Currah, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.06.003

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“…Rosenbloom, 2002;Hurt, 2007]. By and large, the high street has weathered the storm, and the global economy has been left with the reality that the impact of retail disintermediation has been fairly modest [Wrigley & Currah, 2006]. Although in overall terms, disintermediation may not have had a marked impact on the high street, there are particular segments, such as music, entertainment, printing/publishing and traditional travel agents, in which its impact has already been highly significant [Constantinides, 2008].…”

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Internet retailing: the past, the present and the future

Doherty

Ellis‐Chadwick

2010

International Journal of Retail &Amp; Distribution Management

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Purpose -The primary aim of this paper is to critically review the literature that explicitly addresses the adoption, application and impact of Internet technologies, by retailers, for the promotion and sale of merchanidise. In particular, this study seeks to: 1) present a holistic and critical review of the early predictions, with regard to the uptake and impact of Internet retailing; 2) critically reappraise these claims in light of current trends in Internet retailing; and 3) explore where e-tailing may be heading in the coming years.Design / Methodology /Approach -The study adopts an extensive and critical review of the literature, with regard to the adoption, uptake and impact of Internet retailing, as published in the academic literature over the past twenty years.Findings -In hindsight it can be seen that many of the original predictions, made at the dawn of the Internet era, have not become a reality: retailers aren't cannibalising their own custom, virtual merchants aren't dominating the market-place, and the high-street hasn't, as yet, been put out of business. By contrast other predications have come to pass: electronic intermediaries are playing an increasingly important role, 'one-to-one' marketing has become a reality, prices are more competitive, and perhaps most importantly the consumer has become more powerful.Research limitations / implications -Providing a brief review of the past, present and future of online retailing is an extremely ambitious undertaking, especially given the vast amount of literature that has been published in this area. In attempting to provide an overall impression of the broad themes, and most important findings, to emerge from this important body of literature, it is inevitable that we will have either missed or underplayed many important pieces of work. Consequently, there is a need for follow-up studies that aim to provide deeper and richer reviews of more narrowly defined elements of this vast landscape.Originality / value -This study presents one of the first and most thorough reappraisals of the initial literature with regard to the likely development, implications and impact of Internet retailing. Moreover the paper seeks to break new ground by attempting to use the current literature to help predict future directions and trends for on-line shopping.

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Section: A Threat To the High Street?mentioning

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Internet retailing: the past, the present and the future

Doherty

Ellis‐Chadwick

2010

International Journal of Retail &Amp; Distribution Management

138

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“…There has also been a massive increase in air travel in the past 15 years. These changes have been enabled by the growth and deregulation of low cost airlines and tourism, by the internationalisation of service business activity, and by the development of new retail supermarket demand (Wrigley and Currah, 2006) for imported fresh food (Sustainweb, 2001). …”

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What are the factors that could influence the future of work with regard to energy systems and the built environment?

Pratt

2008

Energy Policy

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The aim of this paper is to examine which factors in energy systems and the built environment could influence the future of work. In addition, it looks at trends in relation to corporate demands for space and its specifications, and considers what the scope is for integrating business and industry within the dwelling landscape. It seeks to consider these questions on a 50-year time horizon.The paper begins by discussing the challenge of prediction of future trends, especially in a field apparently so reliant upon technological change and innovation. Because of these problems, the paper concerns itself not with picking technologies but rather with questions about the social adoption of technologies and their applications. It highlights a spectrum of coordinating mechanisms in society that are likely to be critical in shaping the future implications of built environment forms and the consequential use of energy.The scenarios discussed arise from the intersection of two tendencies: concentration versus dispersal, and local versus globally focused growth of city regions. The challenges identified in this report are associated with 'lock-in' to past governance modes of the built environment, exacerbated by rapidly changing demand structures. Demand is not simply changing in volume but also in character. The shifts that will need to be dealt with concern a fundamental issue: how activities are coordinated in society.

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“…Nesse contexto, as empresas surgidas para operar na Internet, a partir de meados dos anos 1990, foram logo consideradas um modelo de negócios disruptivo, pois pensava-se que iriam contornar os canais habituais de distribuição, relacionar-se diretamente com clientes sem intermediários, cortando os custos tradicionais com a instalação de lojas físicas -o que a literatura define como "desintermediação" (WRIGLEY;CURRAH, 2006). De fato, alguns exemplos bem-sucedidos pareciam confirmar essa tendência, como as empresas Amazon.com, de crescimento meteórico, a loja eletrônica do setor de brinquedos eToys e o serviço de leilões eBay nos EUA.…”

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“…Por exemplo, a loja Amazon.com citada anteriormente não vende música em formato mp3 por download -a rigor um método que contorna restrições espaciais -para compradores fora do território americano, de maneira a evitar problemas legais com os detentores de direitos autorais que se baseiam nas leis daquele país. Apesar de acessíveis de qualquer conexão à Internet, não importando de onde, os sites das empresas de comércio eletrônico acabam por ser moldados na prática para servir o tipo de mercado onde as próprias companhias estão inseridas, seguindo não só as regras locais, mas também refletindo os interesses e características de seus clientes -processo extremamente facilitado pela interface web, podendo chegar mesmo ao nível da personalização (WRIGLEY;CURRAH, 2006). O fato de haver uma "geografia escondida" por trás das operações comerciais via Internet, com capital fixo, infraestrutura de transporte, comunicações e armazenagem materializada no espaço, é mais um fator espacialmente limitante para as empresas de comércio eletrônico.…”

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Geografia dos domínios de internet no Brasil

Motta

2013

Rev. Bras. Inov.

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* O autor agradece aos pareceristas anônimos por sua avaliação e contribuição para o aprimoramento da análise.R O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a distribuição espacial da Internet na escala nacional, na dimensão da oferta de conteúdo. Para tanto, foi utilizado o registro de domínios como proxy da localização onde as informações são produzidas. Partiu-se da hipótese de que a espacialidade dos domínios, a despeito de sua imaterialidade, não prescinde de uma ancoragem espacial precisa, relacionando-se com processos materiais da sociedade. Isto é verificado pela comparação dos padrões espaciais dos domínios com a demografia e a distribuição das atividades econômicas em geral no território. Conclui-se que a geografia dos domínios é extremamente concentrada, contrariando o viés antigeográfico suscitado pela disseminação da Internet. Os resultados são consistentes com a abordagem institucionalista, pela qual as empresas que operam online tendem a se aglomerar nas metrópoles, integrando-se com o ambiente econômico prévio. PALAVRAS-CHAVE

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Globalizing retail and the ‘new e-conomy’: The organizational challenge of e-commerce for the retail TNCs

Cited by 52 publications

References 48 publications

Internet retailing: the past, the present and the future

Internet retailing: the past, the present and the future

What are the factors that could influence the future of work with regard to energy systems and the built environment?

Geografia dos domínios de internet no Brasil

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