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Online support for commerce processes: the Dutch food retailing sector

Lindgreen, Adam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7881-7350, Antioco, Michael D. J. and Wouters, Joost 2004. Online support for commerce processes: the Dutch food retailing sector. Journal on Chain and Network Science 4 (2) , pp. 95-109. 10.3920/JCNS2004.x045

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Abstract

Advances in information technology have changed not only traditional goods and services, but also business-to-consumer relationships in terms of interactivity. For example, by facilitating access to company data, offering additional services, and/or providing self-service options through the World Wide Web, consumer requests can be recorded, handled faster, and dealt with more individually in a cost-effective manner. This article examines the extent to which companies in the Dutch food retailing sector are using the World Wide Web and its associated technologies to conduct their business. Employing the electronic commerce architecture suggested by Basu and Muylle (1999, 2002), Muylle and Basu (2003), we analyse the commercial Web sites of Dutch food retail companies (numbering 34 in all) to determine which commerce processes are being supported online in this sector. The results of the research provide insights to academics on the adoption of electronic commerce in a particular industry sector and to food retail managers on their competitors' usage of the World Wide Web. Our findings show that, generally, support for electronic commerce processes and sub-processes is merely 16 per cent of the considered sample. Most retailers use the Internet only as a medium of communications, although others have set up commercial Web sites that provide higher customer support. Several sub-processes appear to be supported such as core logistics, online search of products, and price information display and determination. With the exception of search, there is practically no online customisation possible in the processes. A high correlation was observed between search, valuation, and authentication on the one hand and support for online payment on the other hand. Lastly, there is no significant difference between regional/national retailers or firm size, especially for the search and valuation processes, which share close to identical extent of support.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Business (Including Economics)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Uncontrolled Keywords: electronic commerce processes; online processes; technology adoption; online support; World Wide Web; electronic commerce architecture; Dutch food retailing sector
Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers
ISSN: 1569-1829
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 30 March 2016
Last Modified: 07 May 2023 23:38
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/55296

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