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Supply chain-based business model innovation: the case of a cross-border e-commerce company

Supply chain-based business model innovation: the case of a cross-border e-commerce company
Supply chain-based business model innovation: the case of a cross-border e-commerce company
Cross-border e-commerce has gained increasing popularity globally and thrives under the backdrop of the ‘One Belt One Road’ policy of China, which resonates with UN’s sustainable development goals targeting countries in the South. In this study, we investigate Zongteng, which is one of the first cross-border e-commerce companies in China, to assess how supply chain innovation activities can become core to a firm’s business model innovation. Data were collected from Zongteng senior managers, internal company documents, and open online resources. We found that the firm needed changes in its business model, which brought new participants into the business ecosystem and changed their respective positions. We further identified three types of supply chain localisations in cross-border e-commerce for export markets (sales, warehousing, and R&D localisation), which the company’s establishment of overseas warehouses enabled. The three localisation strategies serve as the driving force and the main business model innovation in cross-border e-commerce. This study contributes to the supply chain innovation literature by proposing that overseas warehouses, bonded warehouses, and supply chain finance are capabilities that form part of the business model innovation in cross-border e-commerce.
supply chain innovation, business model innovation, cross-border e-commerce, business ecosystem
2071-1050
1-23
Wang, Ying
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Jia, Fu
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Schoenherr, Tobias
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Gong, Yu
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Wang, Ying
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Jia, Fu
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Schoenherr, Tobias
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Gong, Yu
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Wang, Ying, Jia, Fu, Schoenherr, Tobias and Gong, Yu (2018) Supply chain-based business model innovation: the case of a cross-border e-commerce company. Sustainability, 10 (12), 1-23, [4362]. (doi:10.3390/su10124362).

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Abstract

Cross-border e-commerce has gained increasing popularity globally and thrives under the backdrop of the ‘One Belt One Road’ policy of China, which resonates with UN’s sustainable development goals targeting countries in the South. In this study, we investigate Zongteng, which is one of the first cross-border e-commerce companies in China, to assess how supply chain innovation activities can become core to a firm’s business model innovation. Data were collected from Zongteng senior managers, internal company documents, and open online resources. We found that the firm needed changes in its business model, which brought new participants into the business ecosystem and changed their respective positions. We further identified three types of supply chain localisations in cross-border e-commerce for export markets (sales, warehousing, and R&D localisation), which the company’s establishment of overseas warehouses enabled. The three localisation strategies serve as the driving force and the main business model innovation in cross-border e-commerce. This study contributes to the supply chain innovation literature by proposing that overseas warehouses, bonded warehouses, and supply chain finance are capabilities that form part of the business model innovation in cross-border e-commerce.

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Accepted/In Press date: 11 November 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 23 November 2018
Keywords: supply chain innovation, business model innovation, cross-border e-commerce, business ecosystem

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Local EPrints ID: 426332
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/426332
ISSN: 2071-1050
PURE UUID: 4ffe9cb5-8eff-4095-95a5-79a8af48458e
ORCID for Yu Gong: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5411-376X

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Date deposited: 23 Nov 2018 17:30
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:58

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Author: Ying Wang
Author: Fu Jia
Author: Tobias Schoenherr
Author: Yu Gong ORCID iD

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