A cooperative game with transferable utility is said to be homogeneous of degree one if for any integer m, the value of cloning m times all players at any given coalition, leads to m times the value of the original coalition. We show that this property coupled with sub-additivity, guarantee the non-emptyness of the core of the game and of all its subgames, namely the game is totally balanced. E...

This study evaluates 74 Chinese corporate websites by examining their contents and functions to understand the business objectives. It found that business objectives of these websites mainly focused on publicity, and very little on online sales. Firms in banking and construction industries develop the highest quality websites, while firms in public services and retailing are the laggards. Chine...

Information technology (IT) has changed the dynamics of competition in the U.S. economy. Firms are gaining competitive advantage by competing on technology-enabled processes. For the retail industry, technology is breaking down the barriers between different retail channels and is making omnichannel retailing inevitable—an integrated sales experience that melds touch-and-feel information in the...

The retail infrastructure has witnessed a transformation with the rapid growth of electronic commerce, especially in the last two decades. E-business all over the world has become a popular medium for buyer-seller transaction as a means that complements and supplements the experiences of a physical store. Although the application of technology-based online retail services has grown rapidly in r...

Multichannel and omnichannel strategies have become a critical aspect of retailing. In this study, we present an overview multichannel retail discuss its applications in the future retail. To do so, explore different areas interest highlighted previous scholarly research, as preliminary step to propose comprehensive framework themes that should be paid attention for advancements field. A total ...

As a new retailing model that relies on the social relationship between community and head of group to complete circulation fresh products, buying takes cost-effective products as main sales channel, which some extent approaches "the last 100 meters" traditional e-commerce. Based development history current situation food buying, this paper analyzes its marketing strategy operation mode, identi...

In this paper, I discuss some reflections on the emerging literature multi- and omni-channel retailing. four important area’s of prior research briefly describe general findings. Next, consider three trends: 1) digital only, 2) Covid-19 effects 3) New Technologies. implications these trend for retailing provide ideas future trends.