In the last decade, many European countries have seen a sharp increase in the number of automated fueling stations. We study the effect of this process innovation on prices at stations that are automated and their competitors using a difference-in-differences matching strategy. Our estimates...

I propose a general equilibrium model of competition in manufacturing and retailing. Relative to the counterfactual of direct sales by manufacturers, the retail sector increases manufacturing entry and produced variety. Although double marginalization in the sales channel raises prices and hurts...

In the last decade, many European countries have seen a sharp increase in the number of automated fueling stations. We study the effect of this process innovation on prices at stations that are automated and their competitors using a difference-in-differences matching strategy. Our estimates...

This paper examines the effect of Walmart's entry into Mexico on Mexican manufacturers of consumer goods. Guided by firm interviews that suggested substantial heterogeneity across firms in how they responded to Walmart's entry, we develop a dynamic industry model in which firms decide whether to...

Innovation in fashion retail is critical in order to ensure competitive advantage in a constantly evolving market, in terms of consumer expectations. The modern customer is mobile, permanently connected to the Internet, well-informed about international trends, mindful of the quality of...

This study aims to understand the linkages between demographic dividends, digital innovation, and economic growth, using Bangladesh as a case study. It adopts a three-stage least squares (3SLS) model to explore how and to what extent the digitization and demographic transition lead towards...

Il lavoro propone un’analisi dell’innovazione nei canali di marketing focalizzandosi su ciò che va inteso come innovazione per l'intero canale. Vengono seguite tre prospettive di analisi: una prospettiva tecnologica, riferita all’influenza della tecnologia nelle interazioni fra i membri...

Consumer innovators are identified on the basis of time elapsed after the launch or as a specific percentage of people out of total purchasers who buy early. They are venturesome, young, highly educated, high social status (online & offline), high-income individuals, who have an interest in new...

The primary goal of utilizing chatbots for customer service is to fulfill customer requests without requiring a conversation. However, the challenge to the sustainable adoption of innovations is overcoming the obstacles that prevent the innovation's spread. The current study examined factors...

In recent decades, technology allowed for the retail industry’s pivot to vertical integration and systematic changes in national supply chains. After a wave of the spread of Walmart and other big-box stores, the emergence of e-commerce nowadays is at the center of attention as a threat to...