First-party content and market concentration on a B2B E-commerce platform – Theory and empirical evidence
In this study, we develop analytical models based on the Cournot competition model to analyze the influence of substitutive first-party content (SFPC) on platform-based market concentration at different complementary first-party ...
Highlights
- Propose a theoretical framework to show that platform first-party-content (FPC) can affect market concentration.
Prediction of hotel booking cancellations: Integration of machine learning and probability model based on interpretable feature interaction
Reliable hotel cancellation prediction can help establish appropriate operational strategies for hotel management. In this sector, personal name records (PNR) data may be the most representative information source for prediction tasks. ...
Highlights
- An integrating model based on PNR is proposed to predict hotel booking cancellation.
Understanding active participation of online dating services: A mixed methods study
Online dating has transformed the way people meet and start relationships. However, online dating platforms typically have many lurkers without active participation. Using a self-regulation framework, this paper aims to study users' ...
Highlights
- Mixed methods study was used to understand user active participation in online dating.
Vigilance and habituation: Polymorphic experience effects in internet users' privacy disclosure decisions
Internet users frequently encounter diverse data requests, and their privacy disclosure decisions have attracted massive practical and scholarly attention. Nevertheless, how the accumulation of users' disclosure-related experiences ...
Highlights
- Internet users' disclosure-related experiences exert multiple forms of effects on their privacy disclosure decisions.
Create the best first glance: The cross-cultural effect of image background on purchase intention
As globalization drives more firms toward cross-border e-commerce (CBEC), a well-designed decision support system becomes crucial to gain a competitive edge in the international market. Product images, a vital aspect of the system ...
Highlights
- Cultural effect exists in CBEC for product image background
- Thinking styles ...
Online promotion effects under time limitation - A study of survey and physiological signals
Online shopping platforms attract consumers to purchase by offering discounts or informing them about the availability of limited quantities of cheaper items during a set time period. Offering goods on sale for a brief window creates a ...
Highlights
- This study tried to discuss about the marketing effect of different promotion methods under time pressure.
Financial risk prediction in supply chain finance based on buyer transaction behavior
Financial risk in supply chain finance (SCF) is defined as the possibility that suppliers fall into liquidity crisis due to delayed payment. Predicting financial risk is important for supply chain stability. In this paper, a financial ...
Highlights
- Employ behavior data in mining the supply chain finance (SCF) risk, reflect the degree of delayed payments, and prove the rationality of the definition for ...