E-commerce platform resources, sequence of digital strategic actions and competitive advantage: an empirical study from online tourism industry

Lewei Hu, Jing Zhao and Yi Jiang

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2022, vol. 27, issue 1, 61-83

Abstract: This study examines the impact of the sequence of digital strategic actions initiated by e-commerce platform on competitive advantage in competitive interaction (DSAs). Based on the competitive repertoire theory, the configurational approach is used to analyse the secondary data of Chinese online tourism industry, the research finds out the configurations of DSAs orchestrated by digital technologies, partnership resources and competitor responses. Secondly, dynamic characteristics (including complexity and unpredictability) of DSAs sequence are calculated. Thirdly, panel regression has been applied to explore the relationship between the unpredictability and complexity of DSAs sequence and competitive performance in the competitive interaction, and the inverted U-shaped relationship between them is found. Finally, discussion of the implications for theory and practice is presented. In a nutshell, this study aims to help managers formulate and initiate sequences of competitive actions more effectively in the digital environment.

Keywords: digital strategic actions; digital technology; sequences of digital strategic actions; complexity; unpredictability; competitive repertoire. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=125999 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijnvor:v:27:y:2022:i:1:p:61-83

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().