Alibaba's Taobao is China's dominant C2C e-commerce platform. Relying on novel transaction level data from its electronics category, this paper examines the roles of distance as well as seller and buyer experience in Chinese e-commerce. Our estimate of a gravity model shows that the distance...

Alibaba’s Taobao is China’s dominant C2C e-commerce platform. Relying on novel transaction level data from its electronics category, this paper examines the roles of distance as well as seller and buyer experience in Chinese e-commerce. Our estimate of a gravity model shows that the distance...

Clan-ähnliche Netzwerke von Industrieunternehmen beeinflussen und erleichtern das Betriebsgeschehen. Es empfiehlt sich, auch in mit Auslandskapital finanzierten Unternehmen, auf historisch gewachsenes kulturelles Verhalten Rücksicht zu nehmen. Beispiele "Guanxi", "Mianzi" und "Renqing"....