Electronic Markets on sustainability

Alt, Rainer

doi:10.1007/s12525-020-00451-2

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“…We extended the approach to the general online shopping domain and showed that digital nudges are also effective in encouraging consumers to choose more sustainable shipping options. Our results, therefore, inform research on Green IS [8,9,10] and emphasize the potential of digital nudges as means to increase the environmental sustainability of e-commerce and electronic markets [27]. Prior research has revealed that ICTs have great potential in driving more energy-efficient behavior [9].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

“…In this article we investigate the sustainability of B2C e-commerce from an environmental perspective [26,27]. In particular, we focus on logistics and the delivery of orders as they are among the main contributors to the environmental impact of online retailing [4,26,28] and offer great potential to increase its overall environmental sustainability [3].…”

Section: Environmental Sustainability Of E-commercementioning

confidence: 99%

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Empowering Consumers to Make Environmentally Sustainable Online Shopping Decisions: A Digital Nudging Approach

Michels¹,

Ochmann²,

Günther³

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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An ever-increasing share of people is using online shopping to satisfy their consumer needs. This has led to a vivid discussion regarding the environmental sustainability of e-commerce that also emphasized the role that consumer's decisions can play in mitigating its negative impacts. However, while many individuals state that they are willing to act more sustainably, they often struggle to follow through with their 'green' intentions. We propose digital nudging as an approach to encourage environmentally sustainable online shopping decisions and empower consumers to act in line with their intentions. In an online experiment with 323 participants, we evaluate the effectiveness of three different nudging interventions (defaults, active choice, and self-nudging) to promote environmentally sustainable shipping options in an online store and assess the consumers' ethics and empowerment perceptions of the nudges. We find that all nudges are effective in changing decisions, but default nudges lead to negative perceptions among consumers.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

Section: Environmental Sustainability Of E-commercementioning

confidence: 99%

Empowering Consumers to Make Environmentally Sustainable Online Shopping Decisions: A Digital Nudging Approach

Michels¹,

Ochmann²,

Günther³

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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“…The findings in Figure 3 (number of publications per journal and year) are supported by Parida et al [17], who note the debate on sustainability has moved from journals on environmental management to journals on strategic management and entrepreneurship, where sustainability, innovation, and competitiveness are now the central issues. It is also notable that many journals from the IS discipline in recent years have organized Special Issues on the emerging theme of sustainability [76][77][78], where the central point of investigation was related to the use of IT, digitalization, and digital transformation for innovation or development of SBM.…”

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confidence: 99%

Information Technology for Business Sustainability: A Literature Review with Automated Content Analysis

2021

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An extremely dynamic and fast-moving environment is pushing enterprises to continuous innovation and change. Managing sustainability in a digitalized environment seems to be of central importance for policy makers, as information technologies (IT), in combination with sustainability objectives, offer a wide range of opportunities for positive change. Through a systematic literature review and the application of automated content analysis, this study aims to provide insights into the latest research in the interdisciplinary field of sustainable business models and information systems. The results of the analysis, combined with a researcher’s perspective, suggest that IT, which can be used to achieve sustainability objectives, are already in place and have an infinite number of potential implications in the future. The results suggest that positive economic, social, and environmental changes can be achieved by using IT as long as they are used to identify unsustainable actions and enable positive change. The analysis of research trends revealed a discrepancy between the research in the European Union and the rest of the world and pointed to several avenues for future research.

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“…In addition, several papers focus on implementing the gap exploiter model in the recommerce sector to attain the CE goal. Notable studies include Alt (2020), Chu et al (2021), and Chizaryfard et al (2021). These papers detail how the recommerce firm works as a gap exploiter and helps consumers save money while improving environmental sustainability.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analyzing coordination strategy of circular supply chain in re‐commerce industry: A game theoretic approach

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The circular economy seeks to reduce waste by reusing, refurbishing, and recycling used products. It increases the resource value of used goods. In this study, we proposed a circular business gap exploiter model in which a re-commerce company exploits residual value in product systems utilization. A game-theoretic approach is used to investigate the coordination problem of a two-echelon circular supply chain with e-commerce and re-commerce companies. In addition, we proposed a coordinated structure under the revenue sharing contract and the two-part tariff contract through Nash negotiation to address the coordination problems. We compared the centralized and decentralized model findings and observed that the decentralized model shows potential for improvement. We showed model's applicability through numerical examples and sensitivity analysis to indicate how parameters such as wholesale price and retail price affect channel decisions and member profits. The results show that a two-part tariff contract may efficiently coordinate the circular supply chain. The study shows that under a circular business model, two tactics may be applied. These are extending product value and extending resource value.

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Electronic Markets on sustainability

Cited by 13 publications

References 81 publications

Empowering Consumers to Make Environmentally Sustainable Online Shopping Decisions: A Digital Nudging Approach

Empowering Consumers to Make Environmentally Sustainable Online Shopping Decisions: A Digital Nudging Approach

Information Technology for Business Sustainability: A Literature Review with Automated Content Analysis

Analyzing coordination strategy of circular supply chain in re‐commerce industry: A game theoretic approach

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