India’s Emerging Retail Systems: Coexistence of Tradition and Modernity

India’s retailing sector is expected to remain in a transition spiral for the foreseeable future. Because of India’s unique context—in terms of history, regulation, institutions, demographics, geography, and traditions—available theories of retail evolution have limited applicability to the retail situation in India. Drawing from the literature, as well as from empirical research and practical experiences of over a decade, this article presents a conceptual frame for understanding the retail sector of India and the likely future trajectory of this sector

Behavioral Assumptions Underlying Business Models of Retail E-Commerce Ventures

This paper focuses on two research questions: (1) What assumptions regarding changes in online consumer behavior are implicit in the business models of retail ecommerce ventures? (2) Based on potential match between a business model’s assumptions and anticipated consumer response, what generalizations can be made about the potential success of retail e-commerce ventures? An interpretive framework that helps answer these questions is presented

Novos serviços de informação e comunicação: um quadro de referência estratégico

A partir do final da década de 60, a gama de serviços de informação e comunicação disponíveis para consumidores residenciais e usuários comerciais nas nações que contam com tecnologia avançada vem crescendo incessantemente. O futuro desses serviços dependerá das interações estratégicas e estruturais de firmas especializadas em conteúdo, condutores e componentes

Needle in the Cyberstack: Consumer Search For Information in the Web-Based Marketspace

With a few simple clicks, consumers can navigate the World Wide Web, move from site to site, access and examine vast amounts of information unconstrained by time and place which have traditionally restricted consumer behavior in the physical marketplace. At least, that is according to theory. Information search on the Internet should, therefore, increase since search costs are reduced. But empirical evidence seems to suggest otherwise. Why aren=t consumers searching for more information? Although the Internet reduces the cost of physical effort in moving from store to store, it may not reduce the cognitive cost of moving from site to site. Further, if consumers\u27 motivation to shop online is to reduce effort and save time, why should one expect consumers to search for more information even if the search costs are relatively lower

Technology Perspectives and Innovative Scenarios Applied in the Amazon Region

This paper aims to summarize the technology perspectives and innovative scenarios applied in the Amazon region. A call for papers for the Special Issue yielded four accepted articles that serve as the source for the summary. All these articles focus on specific cases in the Legal Amazon region and provide empirical evidence supported by theories and relevant literature. All the articles emphasized the need for investment in the form of networks for development and innovation. A descriptive, qualitative approach using the bibliometric software WordStat 8® identified the words most frequently used in the four papers included this special issue. The most relevant terms identified were: network, innovation, firms, production, research and development. In total, these articles point to varied partners and institutions necessary for building networks to further development and innovation. This Special Issue is a first step to building a knowledge base focused on the Amazon region that is missing in the academic literature. Future contributions must build and expand the discussion of empirical cases and reflect different disciplines that contribute to industries, policies, society and networks. This is necessary to improve innovation and economic development of this important region

ISMD: Glimpses in the Rearview Mirror

This retrospective commentary looks back to the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and later decades to trace the originating ideas, intellectual influences, personalities, academic ventures and other events that spawned and shaped the International Society of Markets and Development (ISMD), the parent sponsoring organization of Markets, Globalization & Development Review (MGDR). From this rich history, this commentary hopes to inspire existing and emerging generations of authors to explore the areas of interest to ISMD and MGDR, and to contribute to this journal

Mobility and markets: Emerging outlines of mcommerce

Mobile commerce – or m-commerce – is characterized by the emerging class of location-based commercial services delivered by a variety of handheld terminals such as mobile phones and palmtop devices. At COTIM-2001, an international conference in Germany, academic researchers and business practitioners shared their experiences and frameworks about m-commerce. Selected authors from COTIM-2001 were invited to further develop their conference contributions for this Special Issue. This paper discusses the preconditions that led to the emergence of m-commerce, the main dimensions of m-commerce that distinguish it from e-commerce, and the key arguments from the contributions on m-commerce in this special issue o