Impacts of logistics resource sharing on B2C E-commerce companies and customers

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Highlights:

• We study the impacts of logistics sharing on E-commerce companies and customers.

• Hotelling models are built and solved for two competing B2CE-commerce companies.

• Three critical influencing factors for the impacts of logistics sharing are identified.

• Logistics sharing always benefits the receiver but may harm the provider.

• Logistics sharing benefits consumers under certain conditions.

摘要

•We study the impacts of logistics sharing on E-commerce companies and customers.•Hotelling models are built and solved for two competing B2CE-commerce companies.•Three critical influencing factors for the impacts of logistics sharing are identified.•Logistics sharing always benefits the receiver but may harm the provider.•Logistics sharing benefits consumers under certain conditions.

论文关键词:E-commerce,Business-to-customer,Logistics resource sharing,Hotelling model,Social welfare

论文评审过程:Received 21 February 2018, Revised 20 October 2018, Accepted 11 December 2018, Available online 11 January 2019, Version of Record 1 March 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2018.100820