When a local seller launches an app channel, it can either deliver online orders itself or use a third party service. Given this background, an interesting problem is whether and how a local seller's channel strategy will be affected by these delivery options. To investigate this problem, we...

In recent years, many new and interesting business models for Internet-based selling have emerged with the advent of electronic commerce, one of which is the Internet-based group-buying. Since group-buying can be quickly built and removed, and the consumers can pay a lower price for the product...