B2C Mode Research Articles

Optimal logistics service strategies in green agricultural product supply chains with E-commerce platforms

With the increasing development of logistics industry, an important question arises: which logistics format should an agricultural product seller select? Or when an agricultural product seller does select a certain logistics format? To answer this question, we explore three different green agricultural product supply chain models/scenarios: a self-managed logistics format(N); a third-party enterprise logistics format(S); and a platform logistics format(E). Using the game-theoretic model, we investigate the impact of the cost coefficient on the agricultural product seller's logistics preference under the three logistics scenarios. Our theoretical analyses show that when the cost coefficient is small, the agricultural product seller prefers to cooperate with the 3PL enterprise, but as the coefficient increases, the agricultural product seller prefers to choose her self-managed logistics. Therefore, to optimize the logistics strategy of the agricultural product seller under B2C mode, it is necessary to build a reasonable logistics management mechanism and a perfect logistics distribution system to reduce the logistics service cost coefficient.

A Power Management System for Hybrid Energy Harvesting From Multiple Multitype Sources and Ultrawide Range Source Tracking

This article presents a power management system (PMS) for hybrid energy harvesting from multiple multitype sources. Three key features of the proposed approach are 1) a simple architecture for hybrid energy harvesting from multiple multitype sources by sharing a single inductor, 2) a backup power controller (BPC) for recycling surplus energy, and 3) an efficient boost–buck conversion (B2C) mode for tracking multiple sources within a single cycle. The power stages of the PMS consist of an active bias-flip rectifier (ABFR) for ac sources, three input low-voltage boost converters (3LVBC), and a high-voltage buck converter for dc sources. The B2C mode efficiently combines the operation of the 3LVBC and HVBC. By sharing an inductor in B2C mode, the ABFR increases the overall input power ( <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">P</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">IN</sub> ) by aggregating the power from the hybrid sources. The proposed PMS operates under four modes depending on the load conditions detected by the BPC. This approach improves the average harvesting efficiency using the auxiliary output paths and two storage nodes. For per-source maximum power point tracking, adaptive impedance matching and perturb and observe techniques are used. The integrated circuit (IC) part of the PMS is fabricated in a 180 nm process. The measured tracking efficiency is higher than 92% for a wide source resistance range from 2 Ω to 2 kΩ (1000× range). An end-to-end efficiency of up to 92.5% is achieved. The energy harvesting from multiple multitype sources significantly extends the output power range from 0.053 μW to 132600 μW. All the functions of the IC are realized with only 900 nW.

Introducing P2P service to a B2C sharing platform: A hybrid sharing mode.

With the rapid development of global technology, many firms have entered the product-sharing market, where business-to-consumer (B2C), peer-to-peer (P2P), and hybrid rental services are the three most common business models. The difference between these models lies in the product provider. The product provider in B2C mode is enterprises, while in P2P mode, individuals provide the products, and both enterprises and individuals provide the products in hybrid mode. We employ a game model to analyze the influence of a B2C platform introducing P2P sharing service by comparing the profit of the platform and the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) under each of the three models. Our findings indicate that introducing P2P service always benefits the B2C platform but sometimes harms the OEM. Our findings also indicate that as the quality of the platform's products improves, the profit improvement brought to the B2C platform by introducing P2P sharing decreases. We find that the impact of introducing P2P service also varies with consumer behaviors. For example, with increasing consumer usage level, the B2C platform's profit improvement brought by introducing P2P sharing increases. Furthermore, we determine the optimal pricing strategies of the OEM and sharing platform in B2C mode and in hybrid mode.

Research on Organization and Management in Taobao Operation

Credit swiping is a reality due to various flaws in Taobao's credit rating mechanism. As e-commerce enterprises' influence and service capabilities grow, the benefits of online shopping are further underlined. On April 21, 2003, Alibaba Cloud Computing purchased the domain name taobao.com. Today's mainland e-night shopping sector has seen C2C grow more faster than B2C recently. iResearch statistics indicate that Taobao's daily user increase is about 19,025. The Taobao business model is contradictory in and of itself. On the basis of this, Taobao.com creates a credit rating system.The primary sources of revenue for Taobao.com in 2018 are advertising and website click through fees, although this is not a sustainable business model. This article examines the C2C Taobao.com e-commerce business model without mentioning B2C mode. Additionally, Taobao is the indisputable market leader in vertical B2C and integrated B2C profit thanks to years of work developing consumer online purchasing habits. There is presently a three-way competition between Taobao, Eachnet, and Paipai on the local C2C market.

Competition and operating efficiency of manufacturing companies in E-commerce environment: empirical evidence from Chinese garment companies

ABSTRACT E-commerce technology has been paid more and more attention by manufacturing companies. The wide application of e-commerce has enhanced the competitive advantage of companies, but it also intensified the competition among them. Competition has many impacts on companies, among which the impact on operating efficiency is particularly concerned. This paper provided in-depth analysis using a two-stage methodology to analyse the specific impact of competition on the operating efficiency of garment companies (with B2C mode) in e-commerce environment. Firstly, the game cross-efficiency (GCE) model and related indicators were used to evaluate the operating efficiency of selected companies from 2011 to 2018. The results showed that compared to the traditional cross-efficiency (TCE), the scores of GCE considering competition were improved. This indicated that although e-commerce technology intensified the competition among Chinese garment companies, competition improved their operating efficiency. Moreover, the GCE model theoretically remedied some shortcomings of traditional DEA models. Secondly, the panel data model was used to analyse the specific impact of competition on operating efficiency. The results indicated that competition significantly increased pure technical efficiency, but it was not beneficial to scale efficiency. Based on these findings, some policy implications were proposed.

C2C business model of China's network car platform tort liability research

With the rapid development of science and technology, in line with the principle of convenience and efficiency, the emergence of a network car this new way of travel. Now the network car business model has B2C mode and C2C mode, compared to B2C mode, C2C mode will appear in the network car platform and the driver's relationship is not clear, the network contract car platform to bear tort liability standards are not clear, drivers and driving vehicle access conditions are not scientific these issues. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the legal status of the network car platform under the C2C business model, improve the access system of the network car market, strengthen the government's examination and supervision of the platform and formulate insurance to adapt to the network car in order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the victims and maintain the stability of social order.

Cross-Border Electronic Commerce Development Present Situation and the Innovation Research in China

With the opening of China’s national gate, China’s economy has entered a stage of rapid development, and the development of cross-border e-commerce is extremely strong, which has greatly impacted and affected the international trade market. The article is organized as follows 3 parts: based on the summary of the new development trend of global e-commerce, this paper analyzes and studies the different aspects of how to conduct innovation in e-commerce according to China’s national conditions and the status quo of China’s e-commerce trade, and finally obtains innovation research in China. The new trend includes innovation of profit model, innovation of marketing model and innovation of supervision mode; China’s e-commerce innovation is characterized by diversified development of profit model, and enhances competitiveness and marketing mode through integration of value-added services with logistics and supply chain. Including B2C mode, direct supply mode, B2B mode and Amazon integration, B2B and B2C access, and the innovation of supervision mode should be the conclusion of the comprehensive management of relevant ministries and commissions, joint management and unblocking of various functional departments.

Research of the Relevance between the Product Quality and the Customer Loyalty under the B2C Mode

This paper constructs a new two-dimensional quality analysis framework of the Internet virtual environment quality perception and customer loyalty, and the nonlinear quantitative relevance between product quality and customer loyalty of the system is deducted also. In addition, the enterprise, the consumer, the government and the third party electronic business product quality information service platform is studied respectively from different vision, and this paper discuss the positive role played by the products quality supervision system for the construction of the Internet business, four forces model is constructed on the basis of Chinese electronic business industry product quality supervision system.

Research of the Relevance between the Product Quality and the Customer Loyalty under the B2C Mode

Research of the Relevance between the Product Quality and the Customer Loyalty under the B2C Mode

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A Study on the Price Decisions of the Dual-Channel Composite Decision in B2C Mode

This paper studies the subject of pricing decisions of online dual-channel based on hybrid decisions wherein a manufacturer introduces direct online marketing channels beyond the traditional online retail channels. The purpose is to study how to balance the interests of different online channels and maximize the overall efficiency of the channel. Having considered both online channels' satisfaction and the hidden costs of channel selection, by means of the demand function of both channels derived from a consumer utility and selection model, the author investigates the impacts of these two factors on the online dual-channel pricing decisions. This article also further analyzes the impact of changes in these two factors for manufacturers, retailers and channel' total revenue, with the purpose to provide decision-making reference for the enterprises' managers in the supply chain to develop optimal pricing strategies.

Study of Multi-source Fusion B2C Business Process Reengineering of the Petri net Model

In order to fuse a multi-source B2C E-commerce system, this paper implements a new multi-source fusion B2C mode business system application development, which can provide customers with efficient and reliable comparison and cross-platform business system of choose and buy goods. By analyzing the Multi-source fusion B2C E-commerce system demand of business process reengineering and Petri net theory, the B2C electronic commerce system of multi-source fusion structure is proposed, graphical workflow modeling methods is adopted, the multi-source fusion of B2C business process reengineering Petri model is established, with the help of CPNtool simulation system and the establishment of correlation matrix analysis of the model. The experimental simulation analysis and output of experimental reports indicate that the business processes are properly designed, no deadlocks node exist at runtime, accessibility meets which provides the reference model for the development of multi-source fusion of B2C electronic commerce system. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v11i11.3526 Full Text: PDF

Users Shopping Behavior Mining of B2C E-Commerce

Rich transaction information and customer data can be recorded by the back-end database of e-commerce sites. By the application of the basket model in data mining analysis the correlation between data and predict customer loyalty. Then combined with the customer's shopping behavior, sales promotions pattern based prediction model is proposed and implemented. The research results will enable the B2C e-commerce to make the appropriate commercial promotion, and to improve the profitability of the company in the B2C mode by customer behavior, personal preferences.

A Validity Study on the Electronic Commerce Mode and Informatization Construction in the Perspective of Value Chain

Electronic business activities of enterprise are changing the value creation process on every link of enterprise supply chain based on the rapid development of information technology. Constant innovations of electronic business model has had a powerful impact upon the traditional business model, and produced complicated influences on ERP platform interface of the enterprises and suppliers. Based on the value chain perspective, this paper makes data analysis by applying panel data model to electronic business model and enterprise informatization construction situation. The results show that the information construction of the case enterprise has promotive effect in analyzing the profitability of B2B, BMC and B2G models. Enterprise's information construction has limited positive facilitation to B2C mode, and negative effects may emerge because of cost problem.