Purpose: Online social media has become an important marketing communication tool for entrepreneurs and their customers because of its ability to simplify various constraints in the communication process. Online social media allows entrepreneurs to access customers, suppliers, partners and...

The objective of this paper is twofold. First, we address the consequences of electronic marketplaces in different industries or industry sectors by reviewing the previous literature. The impact of the transformation from hierarchies to marketplaces on market efficiencies will be discussed....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the robustness of the three (Bowersox and Daugherty, 1987) dimensions (process, market and information strategies) of logistics strategy in a Chinese manufacturing environment. In addition, the impact of the three dimensions, coordination and...