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Is Amazon the next Google?
Budzinski, Oliver; Köhler, Karoline H. - 2015
Dominant or apparently dominant internet platform increasingly become subject to both antitrust investigations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011492143
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Quality and price setting of high-tech goods
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Talavera, Oleksandr; Nam Hoai Vu - 2021
This paper investigates the link between product quality and price setting for central processing units (CPUs). Using thousands of price quotes from a popular price-comparison website, we find that market fundamentals, such as the number of sellers, median price, share of convenient prices and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419306
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Platform Information Provision and Consumer Search : A Field Experiment
Fang, Lu; Chen, Yanyou; Farronato, Chiara; Yuan, Zhe; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Despite substantial efforts to help consumers search in more intuitive ways, text search remains the predominant tool for product discovery online. In this paper, we explore the effects of visual and textual cues for search refinement on consumer search and purchasing behavior. We collaborate...
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The impact of Covid-19 on the Alibaba platform
Lozić, Josko; Čiković, Katerina Fotova - In: Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch … 8 (2022) 1, pp. 200-211
Purpose - this paper aims to analyse the business efficiency of the Alibaba platform at the beginning and during the COVID-19 crisis. Methodology/Design - The research is based on the official financial reports of the platform as well as on the reports of other specialized agencies that monitor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014308314
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Antecedents of online purchase intention and behaviour: uncovering unobserved heterogeneity
Silva, Joaquim; Pinho, José Carlos; Soares, Ana; Sá, … - In: Journal of business economics and management 20 (2019) 1, pp. 131-148
, particularly, concerning the level of trust in the payment methods and the level of Internet experience. …
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How Internet Platform Intermediaries Operate
Frieden, Rob - 2018
This paper examines how Internet ventures operate as intermediaries serving both upstream sources of content and … applications as well as downstream consumers. Alibaba, Baidu, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Tencent and other Internet … considers how governments can respond to the onset of price and quality of service discrimination within the Internet ecosystem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913713
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Blind Trust Online : Experimental Evidence from Baseball Cards
Jin, Ginger Zhe; Kato, Andrew - 2003
Before reaping transaction cost savings from the Internet, online sellers must credibly communicate the quality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095247
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Digital trade : developing a framework for analysis
Lopez Gonzalez, Javier; Jouanjean, Marie-Agnes - 2017
This paper explores the definition, measurement, and policy implications of digital trade, proposing a tentative typology of digital trade that can be used to unpack transactions and analyse the issues. Digitalisation is changing what and how we trade: from digital delivery to greater physical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695418
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The New Transnational Payments Law and Global Consumer Trade : Online Platforms as Providers of Private Legal Orders
Janczuk-Gorywoda, Agnieszka - 2016
This article uses the example of one of the best-known global payment systems provided by an online platform, PayPal, to analyze the role of private legal orders in creating new markets beyond jurisdictional borders. It shows that a relatively uniform legal order reduces risks involved in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002913
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Quality and Price Setting of High-Tech Goods
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Talavera, Oleksandr; Vu, Nam - 2021
This paper investigates the link between product quality and price setting for central processing units (CPUs). Using thousands of price quotes from a popular price-comparison website, we find that market fundamentals, such as the number of sellers, median price, share of convenient prices and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250249