The adoption and impact of E-commerce in rural China: Application of an endogenous switching regression model

Liu, Min; Min, Shi; Ma, Wanglin; Tian-jun, Liu

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.02.021

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“…A growing number of studies have investigated the impacts of cooperative membership for farmers. Agricultural cooperatives can significantly contribute to members' technology adoption in developing countries [10,17,42,43], enhance market power by harnessing the benefits of the economies of scale gained from collective commercialization or the through the creation of new vertical marketing links [6,[44][45][46][47], improve crop yields and farm revenue [5,23,48,49], elevate farm efficiency and financial performance [15,[50][51][52], and promote farmers' safe production [53,54].…”

Section: Role Of Cooperatives In Rural Development and Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

Poverty Reduction Effect of New-Type Agricultural Cooperatives: An Empirical Analysis Using Propensity Score Matching and Endogenous Switching Regression Models

Qiong

et al. 2021

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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Agricultural cooperatives have been found to effectively alleviate poverty in developing countries because of their specific socioeconomic functions that allow poor households to overcome marketing and production constraints. However, cooperative evaluations are inevitably influenced by other poverty alleviation measures and rarely consider the characteristics of specific ethnic groups. Using cross-sectional surveys in Southwest China and employing propensity score matching (PSM) and endogenous switching regression (ESR) models, this paper analyzed the participation of poor households in New-type Agricultural Cooperatives (NACs) in ethnic areas and assessed the income impacts of NAC membership by eliminating unobserved biases and group heterogeneity. This study detected heterogeneous policy perceptions and behavioral differences between the member and nonmember groups, and the PSM and ESR model results indicated that, overall, participation in the NACs had a positive effect on household income. The ESR model was found to be more plausible as it was able to reveal the significant income gaps under a counterfactual inference framework. Local policymakers need to focus on the policy perception and behavioral and earning capability differences between groups and increase the balanced policy implementation.

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Section: Role Of Cooperatives In Rural Development and Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

Poverty Reduction Effect of New-Type Agricultural Cooperatives: An Empirical Analysis Using Propensity Score Matching and Endogenous Switching Regression Models

Qiong

et al. 2021

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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“…In contrast, the effects of economic capital, social capital, and information capital are not significant. However, there are differences between this research and the conclusions of some scholars, especially the research conclusions of Liu et al [1]. They pointed out that the apple farmers' social capital has a positive impact on selling their products through e-commerce.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 59%

“…China holds the largest share of the global e-commerce marketplace, accounting for USD 2 trillion yearly turnovers [1]. The modern era of digital technology and widespread internet coverage spreads e-commerce from China's urban regions to lower-income familiesdominated rural regions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Village Environment, Capital Endowment, and Farmers’ Participation in E-Commerce Sales Behavior: A Demand Observable Bivariate Probit Model Approach

Sarkar²,

Xia³

et al. 2021

Agriculture

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With the recent developments in widespread internet usage and digital technology, an ultimate worldwide transformation in information and communications technology has occurred. Especially, how people engage in the virtual market for buying and selling goods has changed dramatically, which flourished the playground of electronic commerce (EC). Interestingly, it has become crucial to create an ample opportunity for farmers to utilize a more comprehensive market range for selling their products. However, farmers participating in e-commerce sales platforms may be interrupted by various internal and external factors. Therefore, the study’s primary goal is to evaluate the impacts of various external and internal factors on shaping farmers’ behavior in participating in e-commerce sales platforms. The study utilized a demand observable bivariate Probit model to analyze the village environment and capital endowment effects to craft the findings. The study utilized micro-survey data from 686 households in the leading kiwifruit-producing area as the empirical setup. The findings illustrated that the village environment is the main factor that restricts farmers’ e-commerce sales behavior, among which the infrastructure and policy environments have a significant contribution to farmers’ e-commerce sales intention and behavior. However, the effect of capital endowment on farmers’ e-commerce selling behavior has been found as significant. The village environment significantly affects both large- and small-scale farmers, and the capital endowment has a higher binding effect on small-scale farmers. Therefore, the paper suggests that improving the village environment for e-commerce development and laying the foundation for e-commerce development should be fostered. A differentiated incentive mechanism to improve the capital endowment of farmers should be constructed. A well-structured capital endowment triggering small farmers to capture the benefits of e-commerce sales should be imposed. The government should extend the support of the agricultural demonstration zone to facilitate practical training among the smallholder farmers. The formal and informal risk-sharing and financial institutions should prioritize building infrastructure to support farmers’ short- and long-term investments. Farmers should realize the importance of e-commerce for integrating the agricultural value chain.

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“…From the literature review of previous study and the current situation of lumber industry and trend, e-commerce can be a factor that influence the survivability of a company. Furthermore, e-commerce had proven its potential in the retail industry and rural area as highlighted by Liu, Min, Ma & Liu (2021). The authors research indicates significant benefits gain by farmers in the rural area promoting their products in e-commerce platform.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 89%

Adopting E-Commerce into S2b Company to Improve Sales Opportunities in Lumber Industry

Keng¹,

Adam²

2021

IJARBSS

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The purpose of this action research is to identify the workability of adopting e-commerce into S2B Company in the lumber industry to improve sales opportunities. The objective of this research is to increase sales opportunities through Alibaba e-commerce platform. The methodology adopted in this study is a combination of mixed-method by using qualitative and quantitative method. The population of this study consist of employee of S2B Company, customers and the sampling technique is a subjective sampling of 33 participants. Due to the small population, qualitative method will involve only three participants. The expected result will be an in sales opportunities. Hence laying the foundation for further improvement and a guideline for other small business in the same industry.

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The adoption and impact of E-commerce in rural China: Application of an endogenous switching regression model

Cited by 160 publications

References 26 publications

Poverty Reduction Effect of New-Type Agricultural Cooperatives: An Empirical Analysis Using Propensity Score Matching and Endogenous Switching Regression Models

Poverty Reduction Effect of New-Type Agricultural Cooperatives: An Empirical Analysis Using Propensity Score Matching and Endogenous Switching Regression Models

Village Environment, Capital Endowment, and Farmers’ Participation in E-Commerce Sales Behavior: A Demand Observable Bivariate Probit Model Approach

Adopting E-Commerce into S2b Company to Improve Sales Opportunities in Lumber Industry

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