Determinants of Retailers' Cross-channel Integration: An Innovation Diffusion Perspective on Omni-channel Retailing

Elie Bouri (), Rangan Gupta, Chi Keung Lau, David Roubaud () and Shixuan Wang
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Rangan Gupta: University of Pretoria [South Africa]
Shixuan Wang: Cardiff University

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Abstract: The decision on whether and to what extent they should implement cross-channel integration is a crucial and complex task for multi-channel retailers. Although prior studies have sought to identify key determinants of this decision, most are descriptive or draw on divergent theoretical perspectives. The authors provide a cohesive theoretical model from the perspective of innovation diffusion, including not only technology-related but also organizational and environmental factors. The empirical findings based on the observations in the U.S. retail sector indicate that retailers' information-technology capabilities and private-label provision drive their cross-channel integration. Moderate diversity facilitates cross-channel integration more than does high or low diversity. Firms' financial resources seem to be less important or unimportant at a low level of industry concentration, but may influence retailers' cross-channel integration at a high level of industry concentration.

Keywords: Multi-channel retailing; Cross-channel integration; Channel decision-making; Innovation diffusion; Retail innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-11
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Published in Journal of Interactive Marketing, 2018, 44, pp.1-16. ⟨10.1016/j.intmar.2018.04.003⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.intmar.2018.04.003

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