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Research on Dynamic Pricing and Long-Term Profit of Companies under Influence of Word of Mouth 口碑影响下的动态定价与企业长期利润研究

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Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.3390/jtaer19030105

Feiyan Han, Yunchao Guo, Haofei Yu, Bo Li

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Manufacturer Encroachment on a Sustainable Supply Chain under Asymmetric Green Information 不对称绿色信息下制造商对可持续供应链的蚕食

IF 5.6 3区管理学

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI: 10.3390/jtaer19030103

Yufei Hu, Xiaorong Du, Lianghua Chen

{"title":"Manufacturer Encroachment on a Sustainable Supply Chain under Asymmetric Green Information","authors":"Yufei Hu, Xiaorong Du, Lianghua Chen","doi":"10.3390/jtaer19030103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer19030103","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates manufacturer encroachment on a sustainable supply chain, where the manufacturer holds exclusive information on product greenness and is responsible for both corporate social responsibility (CSR) and greening. The manufacturer and the retailer play a signaling game whereby CSR effort and wholesale price serve as joint green signals. Findings reveal that, firstly, encroachment induces higher CSR efforts from manufacturers. When customers exhibit a strong CSR preference, the resulting CSR increment leads to increased offline demand and drives up both wholesale and retail prices in a mutually beneficial manner. This phenomenon is referred to as the CSR effect, yielding a win-win encroachment. Secondly, when signaling product greenness to highly CSR-sensitive customers, the high-greenness manufacturer principally distorts her CSR effort downward to an extent unprofitable for the low-greenness manufacturer to mimic and subordinately distorts the wholesale price downward to counter CSR-induced demand decrement and mitigate CSR cost pass-through downstream. Finally, the win-win encroachment pattern is characterized by encroachment profit and signal expense sharing, with encroachment strengthening downward-distorted signaling while signaling weakens the CSR effect. These insights contribute valuable guidance for green manufacturers in CSR decision-making, which functions as a component of green signaling and facilitates transitioning to dual-channel sustainable supply chains.","PeriodicalId":46198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142225324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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User Communities: The Missing Link to Foster KIBS’ Innovation 用户社区：促进 KIBS 创新的缺失环节

IF 5.6 3区管理学

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI: 10.3390/jtaer19030102

Joana Costa, Ricardo de Pinho Brandão

{"title":"User Communities: The Missing Link to Foster KIBS’ Innovation","authors":"Joana Costa, Ricardo de Pinho Brandão","doi":"10.3390/jtaer19030102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer19030102","url":null,"abstract":"In today’s knowledge-driven economy, collaboration among stakeholders is essential for the framing of innovative trends, with knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) playing a core role in addressing market demand. Users’ involvement in shaping products and services has been considered in innovation ecosystem frameworks. Fewer risks in service/product development, and more sustainability and market acceptance, are a few of the benefits arising from including the user community (UC) in innovation partnerships. However, the need for resources, absorptive capacity and tacit knowledge, among other capabilities, is often a reason for overlooking this important contributor. KIBS possess a vast knowledge base, cater to digital tools, and mediate and propel innovation with different partners, benefiting from exclusive cognitive proximity to remix extant knowledge with emergent information from communities into new products and services. The aim of this study is to assess and quantify the effect of the collaboration with UC through three active forms of collaboration (co-creation, mass customization, and personalization) on different innovation types developed in KIBS. The significance of the user community was proven across all innovation types. Robustness analysis confirmed the results for both P-KIBS and T-KIBS. P-KIBS may be better suited to co-creation policies for product and service innovation, personalization of processes, and organizational and marketing innovations. T-KIBS can focus on mass customization, ensuring good innovation success. Additionally, co-creation with user community is best for product innovation.","PeriodicalId":46198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142198800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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From Technology to Traffic: How Website Technological Sophistication, Brand Recognition, and Business Model Innovation Drive Consumer Traffic in Korean E-Commerce 从技术到流量：网站技术先进性、品牌认知度和商业模式创新如何推动韩国电子商务的消费者流量

IF 5.1 3区管理学

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.3390/jtaer19030100

Si Yu, Yutong Liu, Eun-Jung Hyun

{"title":"From Technology to Traffic: How Website Technological Sophistication, Brand Recognition, and Business Model Innovation Drive Consumer Traffic in Korean E-Commerce","authors":"Si Yu, Yutong Liu, Eun-Jung Hyun","doi":"10.3390/jtaer19030100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer19030100","url":null,"abstract":"As e-commerce continues to expand, understanding the factors that drive consumer traffic to business-to-consumer (B2C) websites is crucial. This study investigates the interplay between website technological sophistication, brand recognition, and business model innovation in influencing website traffic among Korean B2C companies. Drawing on data from 9003 companies across seven key sectors—finance, retail, healthcare, technology, food, education, and media—we employ Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis to test our hypotheses. Our findings reveal that website technological sophistication is positively associated with monthly website visits. This relationship is particularly pronounced for companies with innovative business models, highlighting the synergistic effect of advanced website features and novel business strategies in attracting consumers. Conversely, the positive impact of website technological sophistication on traffic is less significant for well-established brands with high recognition levels, indicating that strong brand equity can mitigate the need for highly sophisticated websites. These results align with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT), and Signaling Theory (ST), providing a nuanced understanding of how technology, branding, and innovation intersect to drive online consumer behavior. Our study offers valuable insights for e-commerce firms seeking to optimize their digital presence and underscores the importance of investing in advanced website functionalities, particularly for lesser-known brands and companies with innovative business models. Future research should explore these dynamics in different cultural and industry contexts to enhance the generalizability of our findings.","PeriodicalId":46198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141927749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effect of E-Servicescape on Emotional Response and Revisit Intention in an Internet Shopping Mall 电子服务景观对网络购物中心情感反应和重访意向的影响

IF 5.6 3区管理学

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI: 10.3390/jtaer19030099

Zeyu Li, Ana Belén Tulcanaza-Prieto, Chang Won Lee

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Towards Frugal Innovation Capability in Emerging Markets within the Digitalization Epoch: Exploring the Role of Strategic Orientation and Organizational Ambidexterity 数字化时代新兴市场的节俭创新能力：探索战略导向和组织灵活性的作用

IF 5.6 3区管理学

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-08-02 DOI: 10.3390/jtaer19030098

Josephat Deusidedith Sengura, Renyan Mu, Jingshu Zhang

{"title":"Towards Frugal Innovation Capability in Emerging Markets within the Digitalization Epoch: Exploring the Role of Strategic Orientation and Organizational Ambidexterity","authors":"Josephat Deusidedith Sengura, Renyan Mu, Jingshu Zhang","doi":"10.3390/jtaer19030098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer19030098","url":null,"abstract":"Digitalization has forced emerging market (EM) firms operating in resource-constrained environments to adopt market-driven strategies, particularly frugal innovation, to provide affordable, optimized processes and high-value solutions. However, understanding the mechanisms behind developing frugal innovation capability (FIC) at the firm level in diverse EMs remains limited. From the perspective of the resource-based view, this study added to the existing body of knowledge by exploring how strategic orientation (entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and market orientation (MO)) and organizational ambidexterity (OA) impact the development of FIC in EMs. To empirically validate our theoretical predictions, this study used a cross-sectional survey to collect data from 386 valid respondents from Tanzanian manufacturing firms. The results demonstrate that both EO and MO have a strong and positive relationship with OA and the development of FIC in EMs. In addition, OA partially mediates the relationship of both EO and MO with the development of FIC. Furthermore, our results indicate that MO exerts a more significant impact on the development of FIC than EO in EMs. Managers of manufacturing firms in EMs can use these findings to review their strategic decisions and their exploitative and exploratory approaches to enhance supply chains, develop cost-effective technologies, and produce affordable offerings that cater to the preferences of price-conscious consumers in the digital age.","PeriodicalId":46198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141884645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Enhancing E-Business Communication with a Hybrid Rule-Based and Extractive-Based Chatbot 利用基于规则和提取的混合聊天机器人加强电子商务交流

IF 5.6 3区管理学

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.3390/jtaer19030097

Onur Dogan, Omer Faruk Gurcan

{"title":"Enhancing E-Business Communication with a Hybrid Rule-Based and Extractive-Based Chatbot","authors":"Onur Dogan, Omer Faruk Gurcan","doi":"10.3390/jtaer19030097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer19030097","url":null,"abstract":"E-businesses often face challenges related to customer service and communication, leading to increased dissatisfaction among customers and potential damage to the brand. To address these challenges, data-driven and AI-based approaches have emerged, including predictive analytics for optimizing customer interactions and chatbots powered by AI and NLP technologies. This study focuses on developing a hybrid rule-based and extractive-based chatbot for e-business, which can handle both routine and complex inquiries, ensuring quick and accurate responses to improve communication problems. The rule-based QA method used in the chatbot demonstrated high precision and accuracy in providing answers to user queries. The rule-based approach achieved impressive 98% accuracy and 97% precision rates among 1684 queries. The extractive-based approach received positive feedback, with 91% of users rating it as “good” or “excellent” and an average user satisfaction score of 4.38. General user satisfaction was notably high, with an average Likert score of 4.29, and 54% of participants gave the highest score of 5. Communication time was significantly improved, as the chatbot reduced average response times to 41 s, compared to the previous 20-min average for inquiries.","PeriodicalId":46198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141884644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Conceptual Approach to Understanding the Customer Experience in E-Commerce: An Empirical Study 理解电子商务中客户体验的概念方法：实证研究

IF 5.6 3区管理学

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI: 10.3390/jtaer19030096

Paulo Botelho Pires, Mariana Prisco, Catarina Delgado, José Duarte Santos

{"title":"A Conceptual Approach to Understanding the Customer Experience in E-Commerce: An Empirical Study","authors":"Paulo Botelho Pires, Mariana Prisco, Catarina Delgado, José Duarte Santos","doi":"10.3390/jtaer19030096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer19030096","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to identify the constructs related to customer experience that underpin e-commerce, as well as their interconnections, to develop a comprehensive conceptual model based on theories-in-use. A quantitative approach was employed through a survey of 441 respondents. Data analysis was conducted using partial least squares structural equation modeling. The research findings revealed that there are a total of 11 constructs: customer experience, customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, word-of-mouth, trust, perceived risk, security and privacy, web content, perceived price, perceived value, and service quality. Furthermore, twelve relationships were established between these constructs, which led to the development of a holistic conceptual model. The identified constructs and the relationships between them are hierarchized, which has practical implications for businesses. It allows them to concentrate on operational activities and formulate and implement strategies that are valued by consumers and supported by empirical evidence. The originality and value of this research lie in the conception and development of a comprehensive e-commerce model, which includes eleven constructs and twelve relationships. It also highlights the pivotal role of the customer experience.","PeriodicalId":46198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141870266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Evolution of Price Discrimination in E-Commerce Platform Trading: A Perspective of Platform Corporate Social Responsibility 电子商务平台交易中价格歧视的演变：平台企业社会责任视角

IF 5.6 3区管理学

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.3390/jtaer19030094

Ying Ma, Xiaodong Guo, Weihuan Su, Guo Fu

{"title":"The Evolution of Price Discrimination in E-Commerce Platform Trading: A Perspective of Platform Corporate Social Responsibility","authors":"Ying Ma, Xiaodong Guo, Weihuan Su, Guo Fu","doi":"10.3390/jtaer19030094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer19030094","url":null,"abstract":"The widespread use of data in e-commerce has facilitated the implementation of different pricing strategies for platforms and merchants. However, the excessive use of algorithms for differential pricing has sparked discussions about fairness and price discrimination, disrupting the platform trading system. To address this challenge, we adopt an evolutionary game approach to analyze the evolutionary strategies of all parties from the perspective of platform CSR. It is based on a special type of e-commerce platform trading in which major merchants have data analytics capabilities. We construct an evolutionary game model considering reputation and punishment, explore the impact of different situations and factors on the system’s evolutionary stability strategy, and conduct its verification via simulation experiments. The results show that long-term reputation is the internal driving force for platforms to fulfill responsibilities. The joint punishment of collusion is the external binding force. Consumer complaints are key to restricting merchants’ integrity operation. Moreover, penalties imposed by e-commerce platforms can help eradicate price discrimination. This study provides a new perspective to solve price discrimination in the digital era. Measures based on reputation and punishment can guide platforms to fulfill other social responsibilities.","PeriodicalId":46198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141779414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Role of Service Quality Attributes and Perceived Value in US Consumers’ Impulsive Buying Intentions for Fresh Food E-Commerce 服务质量属性和感知价值在美国消费者生鲜食品电子商务冲动性购买意向中的作用

IF 5.6 3区管理学

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.3390/jtaer19030093

Jee-Won Kang, Young Namkung

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