https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/607964
標題: | Optimal E-tailing channel structure and service contracting in the platform era | 作者: | Siqin T TSAN MING CHOI Chung S.-H. |
關鍵字: | Channel structure;Coordination;E-platforms;Service contract;Supply chain management | 公開日期: | 2022 | 卷: | 160 | 來源出版物: | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review | 摘要: | Today, many e-tailers sell through e-platforms. Some of them sell products through both their own direct-online (DO) sales channel and e-platforms, while some give up their own DO sales channel and sell solely through e-platforms. Motivated by the popularity of e-platforms, we explore in this paper the optimal channel selection and e-platform service contracting problem. We build analytical models to explore “when” an e-tailer should choose “which” channel structure. Based on the commonly-observed industrial practices, in the basic models, we derive the optimal e-platform service contract which is a revenue-sharing plus fixed fee (RSF) service contract. We establish the conditions under which the e-tailer's optimal channel selection choice will also be optimal for the e-platform systems. To test robustness of the research findings, three extensions are examined. For the extended model with a separate manufacturer, as well as the extended analysis with a social welfare optimization objective, we reveal that all the findings in the basic models remain valid. However, when the e-tailer decides both product pricing and quality, we uncover that the RSF service contract fails to achieve robust systems optimization. We hence show how the use of a cost-sharing RSF service contract can help. ? 2022 Elsevier Ltd |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125457093&doi=10.1016%2fj.tre.2022.102614&partnerID=40&md5=be5d5e64d276dd585e3f2707a1467c47 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/607964 |
ISSN: | 13665545 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.tre.2022.102614 |
顯示於: | 工商管理學系 |
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