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Disclosing Product Availability in Online Retail

Published Online:

M&SOM

    Abstract
    Problem definition: Online retailers disclose product availability to influence customer decisions as a form of pressure selling designed to compel customers to rush into a purchase. Can the revelation of this information drive sales and profitability? We ...
M-Commerce, Sales Concentration, and Inventory Management

Published Online:

M&SOM

    Abstract
    Problem definition: The mobile commerce (m-commerce) channel is poised to be the future of online markets. It offers search features distinct from conventional personal computer (PC)-based e-commerce channels. Its easy accessibility extends the time ...
Randomized Markdowns and Online Monitoring

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Management Science

    Abstract
    Online retail reduces the costs of obtaining information about a product’s price and availability and of flexibly timing a purchase. Consequently, consumers can strategically time their purchases, weighing the costs of monitoring and the risk of inventory ...
Online Shopping and Platform Design with Ex Ante Registration Requirements

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Management Science

    Abstract
    We study platform design in online markets in which buying involves a (nonmonetary) cost for consumers caused by privacy and security concerns. Firms decide whether to require registration at their website before consumers learn relevant product ...
Information Sharing on Retail Platforms

Published Online:

M&SOM

    Abstract
    Problem definition : This paper studies the information-sharing strategy for a retail platform on which multiple competing sellers distribute their products. Academic/practical relevance : Because of the rapid growth of retail platforms in recent years,...
Online Grocery Retail: Revenue Models and Environmental Impact

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Management Science

    Abstract
    This paper compares the financial and environmental performance of two revenue models for the online retailing of groceries: the per-order model, where customers pay for each delivery, and the subscription model, where customers pay a set fee and receive ...
Crowd-judging

Alan Kwan, S. Alex Yang, Angela Huyue Zhang

Published Online: January 27, 2021
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3758359

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