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Conference Paper: The role of geographic specificity of logistics for e-commerce companies' Inter-firm integration: A case study of Alibaba
| Title | The role of geographic specificity of logistics for e-commerce companies' Inter-firm integration: A case study of Alibaba |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Keywords | E-commerce Inter-firm integration Specificity Logistics |
| Issue Date | 2015 |
| Citation | Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2015: Urban Transport Analytics, 2015, p. 485-491 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Inter-firm integration is becoming prevalent in current e-commerce and logistics industry. However, less is known about the underlying role of geography in these inter-firm integration cases. Grounding transaction cost framework on the geography of logistics, this paper attempts to contextually examine the geographic specificity of logistics for e-commerce with a qualitative case study of Alibaba, China. Empirical results show that logistics specificity for e-commerce is embedded in logistics network and related geographic knowledge to organize physical logistics. The multi-scale characteristics of logistics specificity are unfolded across the space and time dimension. The changing logistics specificity shows the evolution of e-commerce. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/231033 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Xiao, Zuopeng | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Wang, James J. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Lenzer, James H. | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-01T06:07:26Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2016-09-01T06:07:26Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2015: Urban Transport Analytics, 2015, p. 485-491 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/231033 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Inter-firm integration is becoming prevalent in current e-commerce and logistics industry. However, less is known about the underlying role of geography in these inter-firm integration cases. Grounding transaction cost framework on the geography of logistics, this paper attempts to contextually examine the geographic specificity of logistics for e-commerce with a qualitative case study of Alibaba, China. Empirical results show that logistics specificity for e-commerce is embedded in logistics network and related geographic knowledge to organize physical logistics. The multi-scale characteristics of logistics specificity are unfolded across the space and time dimension. The changing logistics specificity shows the evolution of e-commerce. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2015: Urban Transport Analytics | - |
| dc.subject | E-commerce | - |
| dc.subject | Inter-firm integration | - |
| dc.subject | Specificity | - |
| dc.subject | Logistics | - |
| dc.title | The role of geographic specificity of logistics for e-commerce companies' Inter-firm integration: A case study of Alibaba | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84964349555 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 485 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 491 | - |