Cost behavior in e-commerce firms

We conduct empirical research on the flexibility of operating costs of e-commerce firms. With an international sample of firms from different European countries, we find that e-commerce firms have a different cost structure than traditional retail firms, with a lower share of labor costs and cost of...

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Autores: Argilés Bosch, Josep M., García Blandón, Josep, Ravenda, Diego
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Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2023
País:España
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Comerç electrònic
Industrial costs
Electronic commerce
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spelling Cost behavior in e-commerce firmsArgilés Bosch, Josep M.García Blandón, JosepRavenda, DiegoCostos de produccióComerç electrònicIndustrial costsElectronic commerceWe conduct empirical research on the flexibility of operating costs of e-commerce firms. With an international sample of firms from different European countries, we find that e-commerce firms have a different cost structure than traditional retail firms, with a lower share of labor costs and cost of goods sold, but a higher share of other operating costs. While we find no significant different behavior in cost of goods sold and labor costs between the two types of firms, e-commerce firms are more flexible in adjusting other operating costs than traditional retail firms when activity decreases. Results are robust to different models, estimations methods and samples. The higher flexibility of e-commerce firms relies on other operating costs, but e-commerce creates qualified jobs with higher wages than traditional retail, with no additional exposure to labor uncertainty for employees.Springer Verlag2024202420232024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion34 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/207605Articles publicats en revistes (Empresa)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-021-09528-2Electronic Commerce Research, 2023, vol. 23, num.4, p. 2101-2134https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-021-09528-2cc by (c) Argilés Bosch et al., 2023http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2076052026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Cost behavior in e-commerce firms
spellingShingle Cost behavior in e-commerce firms
Argilés Bosch, Josep M.
Costos de producció
Comerç electrònic
Industrial costs
Electronic commerce
title_short Cost behavior in e-commerce firms
title_full Cost behavior in e-commerce firms
title_fullStr Cost behavior in e-commerce firms
title_full_unstemmed Cost behavior in e-commerce firms
title_sort Cost behavior in e-commerce firms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Argilés Bosch, Josep M.
García Blandón, Josep
Ravenda, Diego
author Argilés Bosch, Josep M.
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García Blandón, Josep
Ravenda, Diego
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Ravenda, Diego
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Costos de producció
Comerç electrònic
Industrial costs
Electronic commerce
topic Costos de producció
Comerç electrònic
Industrial costs
Electronic commerce
description We conduct empirical research on the flexibility of operating costs of e-commerce firms. With an international sample of firms from different European countries, we find that e-commerce firms have a different cost structure than traditional retail firms, with a lower share of labor costs and cost of goods sold, but a higher share of other operating costs. While we find no significant different behavior in cost of goods sold and labor costs between the two types of firms, e-commerce firms are more flexible in adjusting other operating costs than traditional retail firms when activity decreases. Results are robust to different models, estimations methods and samples. The higher flexibility of e-commerce firms relies on other operating costs, but e-commerce creates qualified jobs with higher wages than traditional retail, with no additional exposure to labor uncertainty for employees.
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