• Information Technology
  • Human Resources
  • Careers
  • Giving
  • Library
  • Bookstore
  • Active Living
  • Continuing Education
  • Go Dinos
  • UCalgary Maps
  • UCalgary Directory
  • Academic Calendar
My UCalgary
Webmail
D2L
ARCHIBUS
IRISS
  • Faculty of Arts
  • Cumming School of Medicine
  • Faculty of Environmental Design
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies
  • Haskayne School of Business
  • Faculty of Kinesiology
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Nursing
  • Faculty of Nursing (Qatar)
  • Schulich School of Engineering
  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Social Work
  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
  • Werklund School of Education
  • Information TechnologiesIT
  • Human ResourcesHR
  • Careers
  • Giving
  • Library
  • Bookstore
  • Active Living
  • Continuing Education
  • Go Dinos
  • UCalgary Maps
  • UCalgary Directory
  • Academic Calendar
  • Libraries and Cultural Resources
View Item 
  •   PRISM Home
  • Haskayne School of Business
  • Haskayne School of Business Research & Publications
  • View Item
  •   PRISM Home
  • Haskayne School of Business
  • Haskayne School of Business Research & Publications
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Why Competition from a Multi-Channel E-Tailer Does Not Always Benefit Consumers

Thumbnail
Download
Nault_Why Competition from a Multi-Channel E-Tailer Does Not Always Benefit Consumers_2011_preprint.pdf (335.0Kb)
Download Record
Download to EndNote/RefMan (RIS)
Download to BibTex
Author
Nault, Barrie R
Jeffers, Patrick
Accessioned
2016-01-04T18:38:38Z
Available
2016-01-04T18:38:38Z
Issued
2011-02
Subject
Electronic Commerce
Consumers
Retail Industry
Pricing
Prices
Commerce
Type
journal article
Metadata
Show full item record

Abstract
Empirical studies have delivered mixed conclusions on whether the widely acclaimed assertions of lower electronic retail (e-tail) prices are true and to what extent these prices impact conventional retail prices, profits, and consumer welfare. For goods that require little in-person pre- or postsales support such as CDs, DVDs, and books, we extend Balasubramanian's e-tailer-in-the-center, spatial, circular market model to examine the impact of a multichannel e-tailer's presence on retailers' decisions to relocate, on retail prices and profits, and consumer welfare. We demonstrate several counter-intuitive results. For example, when the disutility of buying online and shipping costs are relatively low, retailers are better off by not relocating in response to an e-tailer's entry into the retail channel. In addition, such an entry-a multichannel strategy-may lead to increased retail prices and increased profits across the industry. Finally, consumers can be better off with less channel competition. The underlying message is that inferences regarding prices, profits, and consumer welfare critically depend on specifications of the good, disutility and shipping costs versus transportation costs (or more generally, positioning), and competition.
Refereed
Yes
John Wiley & Sons, Can archive pre-print and post-print or publisher's version/PDF. Link to publisher's version http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=58612907&site=ehost-live
 
Citation
Jeffers, P.I., and B.R. Nault, "Why Competition From a Multi-Channel E-Tailer does Not Always Benefit Consumers," Decision Sciences, 42, 1 (February 2011), 69-91.
Corporate
University of Calgary
Department
Management Information Systems
Faculty
Haskayne School of Business
Institution
University of Calgary
Publisher
Wiley
Doi
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5915.2010.00302.x
http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/33963
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51031
Collections
  • Haskayne School of Business Research & Publications

Browse

All of PRISMCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

LoginRegister

Download Results

Statistics

Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

  • Email
  • SMS
  • 403.220.8895
  • Live Chat

Energize: The Campaign for Eyes High

Privacy Policy
Website feedback

University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
CANADA

Copyright © 2017