Many enterprises selling products on e-commerce platforms have adopted livestreaming to increase sales volume. A high return rate, caused by an exaggerated presentation of the products, can overwhelm the supply chain. Livestreaming considering the product return issue has received little...

Corporate online sales data are embedded with high informational value. Focusing on auditors who are concerned about information quality, this paper systematically tests the governance effect of releasing third-party online sales data on audit quality. Using the first aggregate release of online...

A few recent publications on interrupted time series analysis only conduct preintervention modelling and use it to illustrate postintervention deviation without quantifying the amount lost during the intervention period. Thus, this study aims to illustrate how to estimate and quantify the actual...

Aim/purpose - This paper aims to explore both fuel sales forecasting and the business ecosystem, subsequently reversing the focus to examine the business ecosystem in the context of fuel sales forecasting. Accompanying this research objective are the following research questions: 1) Does the...

In this study, we aimed to investigate the financial implications of website performance on restaurant visitor traffic. It is crucial to address the current challenges faced by the restaurant industry, such as decreasing diner numbers due to rising prices, which can have a negative impact on the...

This study examines the cover design of 1,113 video games. Based on cue utilization theory, it is argued that video game covers represent important product cues that should affect sales as consumers evaluate them before purchasing. Analysis of the data shows that the depiction of male and female...

This paper examines the sales distribution and genre composition of the German book market across different retail channels - e-commerce, chain stores, and independent bookstores - over the period 2011-2018. Utilizing a unique dataset comprising weekly sales data of approximately 50,000...

Molten Salt Reactors (MSR) constitute one of the most promising designs seemingly able to solve the most challenging issues related to the use of nuclear energy for power generation: possibility of large radionuclide releases, nuclear waste and nuclear safeguards. However, MSRs also present a...

The size distribution of firms is an important indicator of market concentration. Studying the distribution of sales for eBay’s commercial sellers, this paper provides the first analysis of a firm size distribution (FSD) at an online market, further examining its evolution, and the underlying...

We examine how uncertain veracity of external news influences investor beliefs, market prices and corporate disclosures. Despite assuming independence between the news' veracity and the firm’s endowment with private information, we find that favorable news is taken “with a grain of salt”...

Although the economic success of Amazon Prime has been widely reported in the mass media, few empirical studies have carefully quantified the economic value, consumer welfare impacts, or public policy implications of the subscription program. This study contributes to this economic literature by...

Increasingly, firms are shifting their sales channels from local brick-and-mortar stores to online marketplaces. In this study, we investigate the motives behind this shift and whether online sales provide an informational advantage to investors over financial statements. First, we find that...

Sales surprise (SS) is a significant factor in a firm's inventory turnover (ITO). In order to estimate SS, it is necessary to select an appropriate approach of sales forecasting. The current study's main purpose is to examine the effects of SS on ITO. The data was gained from the Albertina...

The Berry, Levinsohn, and Pakes (1995, BLP) model is widely used to obtain parameter estimates of market forces in differentiated product markets. The results are often used as an input to evaluate economic activity in a structural model of demand and supply. Precise estimation of parameter...

Sales forecasting is a crucial aspect of any successful manufacturing organisation as it provides the foundation for investment, employment development, and innovation. The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) had a negative impact on the manufacturing sector in South Africa (SA) and the rest of the...

Graphene is very exciting and one of the best materials in the last decade. The interest in producing non-expensive and high-quality graphene is of great interest to many Departments of materials and researchers worldwide. The main goal of this research considers the design, development, and...

With more than 3 million new passenger cars sold every year, Germany’s automobile industry is a major player on the European car market, and one seen as an important arena for achieving climate protection targets. Using high-resolution car registration data from each state in Germany between...

In this paper, we explore the importance of accounting for climate when determining the impact of weather on product sales. Using a France-wide scanner panel dataset provided by our industry partner, we show that if climate is not accounted for, product categories may be misclassified as being...