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Channel competition and collaboration in the presence of hybrid
Tianjin Univ, Peoples R China.
Tianjin Univ, Peoples R China.
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Production Economics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3058-7431
Monash Univ, Australia.
2022 (English)In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, ISSN 1366-5545, E-ISSN 1878-5794, Vol. 160, article id 102658Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper studies the channel choice problem in an e-retailing market when a reseller and an agency seller are experimenting with a new format, i.e., a hybrid retailing strategy. Under this strategy, the reseller not only sells products to consumers directly, but also expands the market in collaboration with the agency seller who operates a platform. However, the motivation and effectiveness of this strategy are not clear. Therefore, we develop game-theoretic models to investigate retail and wholesale prices, and the equilibrium channel choice. First, we find that the hybrid retailing strategy results in a higher retail price for the reseller; in contrast, the agency seller prefers to reduce the retail price when the fraction of market demand through the hybrid retailing channel is large. Second, we find that the hybrid retailing strategy can benefit all stakeholders when the fraction of market demand through the hybrid retailing channel is small. Third, under a dual retailing channel with price competition, a reseller and an agency seller are still willing to collaborate through a hybrid retailing strategy, because the cost of market expansion caused by this strategy is partly transferred to the manufacturer. Our results can provide meaningful decision support and operational rules for stakeholders to make strategic retail decisions.

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD , 2022. Vol. 160, article id 102658
Keywords [en]
Multi-channel management; Hybrid retailing; Reselling; Agency selling
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Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-185037DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2022.102658ISI: 000790897700006OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-185037DiVA, id: diva2:1659111
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Funding Agencies|National Social Science Foundation of China [18ZDA060]

Available from: 2022-05-19 Created: 2022-05-19 Last updated: 2022-05-19

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