Optimal channel and logistics service selection strategies in the e-commerce context

Cao, Kaiying; Xu, Yuqiu; Qiang, Wu; Wang, Jia; Liu, Chunnian

doi:10.1016/j.elerap.2021.101070

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“…Using business concepts such as social networks and online shopping ( Yu et al, 2020 ), social commerce attaches consumers and sellers across social platforms and websites ( Fang and Li, 2020 ). Social commerce is based not only on commerce but also on online social media and social networking, which can aid in promoting services and goods both offline and online ( Cao et al, 2021 ). Online social media, such as Instagram’s product tags and Facebook’s collection ads, are used to promote transactions in social commerce.…”

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“…Similarly, some researchers have advocated the mediating effect of social capital between PERU on techno-stress ( Kawasaki et al, 2021 ). On the other hand, some studies have revealed the mediating role of social capital between the relationship of social commerce adoption and online impulse purchasing and the linkage of PERU and online impulse purchasing ( Cao et al, 2021 ).…”

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Determinants of Social Commerce Usage and Online Impulse Purchase: Implications for Business and Digital Revolution

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Since their introduction in the early 2000s, the use of social networking websites has exploded. Many businesses are seeing increased revenue due to their social commerce strategy. Despite the popularity of social commerce websites, some consumers are still hesitate to use them. This study aims to evaluate the factors that influence the adoption of social commerce. A sample of 721 Chinese We Chat users took part in the research. The findings reveal that social capital mediates the positive effect of social commerce adoption and perceived ease of use (PERU) on techno-stress and online impulse purchasing. Likewise, information overloading mediates the positive effect of social commerce adoption and PERU on techno-stress and online impulse purchasing. The findings have implications for both practice and research in understanding social commerce adoption in emerging economies.

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“…Besides, in this paper, we assume that when the remanufacturing firm enters the platform, i.e., in Models YP and YA, it should pay the referral fee 𝑓 and an annual service fee 𝑇 to the platform, where 𝑓 is a decision variable and 𝑇 is an exogenous variable [3,21,31]. This paper also assumes that when the remanufacturing firm enters the platform, the firm will adopt the third-party logistics and needs to pay a logistics fee 𝑘 for the third-party logistics provider, where 𝑘 is also a decision variable [6,17,26]. Although in practice, some platforms and logistics service providers will make fixed referral fees and logistics fees for the firms.…”

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“…Proposition 4.6. The offline and total demands of remanufactured products under Models NP and YP are: 6 indicates that when the remanufacturing firm enters the e-commerce platform, the offline demand of remanufactured products will decrease, but the total demand of remanufactured products will increase. It can be seen from Proposition 4.5 that when the remanufacturing firm enters the e-commerce platform, its offline retail prices have not changed.…”

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“…At the same time, these e-commerce platforms also allow some third-party sellers to open third-party stores on these platforms. For example, the sales of third-party sellers on Amazon platform increased from 3% of the total sales to 58% in 2018 5 ; as of 2016, more than 120 000 third-party sellers have entered JD.com 6 . Therefore, more and more manufacturing firms or brands choose to enter the e-commerce platforms.…”

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Optimal channel selection of remanufacturing firms with considering asymmetric information in platform economy

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With the rapid development of e-commerce platforms, and considering that online return rate is relatively high and third-party stores on e-commerce platforms need to adopt third-party logistics, thus remanufacturing firms face the challenge of deciding whether to enter e-commerce platforms. To address this challenge, our paper considers a remanufacturing firm, an e-commerce platform, and a third-party logistics provider. Moreover, according to whether the remanufacturing firm enters the platform and whether the information is symmetrical, we develop three theoretical models: Model NP (the firm doesn’t enter platform), Model YP (the firm enters platform with symmetric information) and Model YA (the firm enters platform with asymmetric information). Some main insights are obtained. We find that whether remanufacturing firms should enter the platform depends not only on the annual service fee charged by the platform but also on the carbon tax price set by the government. Interestingly, improved consumers’ satisfaction with online remanufactured products is not necessarily conducive to enhancing the willingness of remanufacturing firms to enter e-commerce platforms. Finally, we find that when the production quantity constraint of the remanufactured products is not binding, if the actual production cost of remanufactured products is high and consumers’ satisfaction with offline remanufactured products is relatively low, information disclosure will benefit remanufacturing firms, however, when the production quantity constraint of the remanufactured products is binding, information disclosure has no impact on the remanufacturing firms’ profits and operational decisions.

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Impact of the introduction of marketplace channel on e‐tailer's logistics service strategy

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We recently observe that some giant e-tailers (e.g., Amazon and JD.com) introduce marketplace channels by allowing third-party sellers to sell products through their platforms. Logistics service acts as a vital role in the operation of online platforms. In practice, the platform can outsource logistics service to third-party logistics providers (named as a third-party logistics strategy) or establish a self-run logistics network to distribute products (named as a self-run logistics strategy). This paper investigates the e-tailer's logistics service strategy in the presence of the marketplace channel's introduction. We reveal that the cost of logistics service plays a major role in determining the optimal logistics strategy. The self-run logistics strategy provides a low logistics service cost to the platform, which results in a higher consumer surplus in comparison with the third-party logistics strategy. Further, we find that when the logistics service cost is low, the platform prefers to establish self-run logistics in the presence of the marketplace channel. Finally, our results show that under the thirdparty logistics strategy, the platform benefits from the marketplace channel in the presence of an intermediate commission fee and a low discount factor. Based on game-theoretic models, some managerial insights are suggested for online retailers to choose the optimal logistics service strategy in the presence of introducing the marketplace channel.

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Optimal channel and logistics service selection strategies in the e-commerce context

Cited by 44 publications

References 63 publications

Determinants of Social Commerce Usage and Online Impulse Purchase: Implications for Business and Digital Revolution

Determinants of Social Commerce Usage and Online Impulse Purchase: Implications for Business and Digital Revolution

Optimal channel selection of remanufacturing firms with considering asymmetric information in platform economy

Impact of the introduction of marketplace channel on e‐tailer's logistics service strategy

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