The Internet has made consumer search easier, with consequences for prices, industry
structure, and the kinds of products offered. We provide an industry model with strategic …

Product recalls tend to damage the stock price of the recalling firm. This article proposes and
empirically demonstrates that adjustments to prerecall advertising spending can be used as …

Retailers are embracing cryptocurrency payments to gain a competitive edge. However, the
high volatility of traditional cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, deters risk-averse consumers …

Livestream e-commerce involves broadcasters introducing, demonstrating, and selling
goods while interacting with online audiences in real time via digital devices. In recent years …

This paper studies competition between firms when consumers observe a private signal of
their preferences over products. Within the class of signal structures that induce pure …

How do multiple attributes of a product jointly determine a seller's disclosure incentives? I
model a monopolist whose product is characterized by vertical quality and a horizontal …

Problem definition: Firms heavily invest in big data technologies to collect consumer data
and infer consumer preferences for price discrimination. However, consumers can use …

Product experiential attributes are usually hard to communicate via the Internet. With the
development of virtual reality technology, online retail platforms may deploy a variety of …

The paper studies a two-echelon supply chain comprising one manufacturer and two
competing retailers with advertising cost dependent demand. The manufacturer acts as the …

We analyze the impacts of social learning (SL) on the dynamic pricing and consumer
adoption of durable goods in a two-period monopoly. Consumers can make either early …