Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5104475 | Socio-Economic Planning Sciences | 2017 | 38 Pages |
Abstract
This paper examines the relationship of e-commerce congestion effect, productivity effect and profit generation in China. The technique of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to measure returns to scale and total factor productivity in e-commerce. The results show that e-commerce firms achieve productivity growth but suffer from input congestion. Congestion weakens profitability and leads to negative returns of inputs to outputs. This finding offers a new insight to explain the determinants of profit change. This research enriches production theory of internet companies, and helps managers strengthen their profitability by measuring the existence of congestion and eliminating input congestion resources.
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Authors
Zhuofan Yang, Yong Shi, Hong Yan,