Online Retailing Channel Addition: Risk Alleviation or Risk Maker?

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dc.contributor.authorZhao, Lei
dc.contributor.authorChi, Huihui
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Wei
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Yi
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-28T01:56:41Z
dc.date.available2017-12-28T01:56:41Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-03
dc.description.abstractThe retailing industry traditionally considers the optimal products selection and pricing problem, a complex and challenging one, from marketing and consumer behavior's perspectives. In this study, we take a risk perspective and offer an alternative solution to tackling the problem, echoing the most recent literature that looks at non-risk aspects, such as expected consumer preference, market size and predicted profitability. Adopting a mean-variance framework, our approach explicitly takes into account the interconnectedness of retail products and their impact on risk at the portfolio (retailer) level. Extending the analysis to multiple-channel decisions, our results suggest that the introduction of a new retailing channel (e.g. online shops) can reduce the portfolio risk, whereas a lack of synergy between the new channel and the existing ones may lead to a negative impact on the overall performance. We also provide managerial implications on several conditions when retailers are more economically inclined to introduce more retail channels. Interestingly, our model indicates that larger retailers are less likely to expand their online platform.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2018.481
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-1-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/50369
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSocial Shopping: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
dc.subjectMultiple Channel Retailing, Risk Analysis, Social Shopping
dc.titleOnline Retailing Channel Addition: Risk Alleviation or Risk Maker?
dc.typeConference Paper
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