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The rapid development of cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) has enabled more suppliers to expand into overseas markets, meeting increasingly diverse consumer demands. Selecting an effective logistics mode is a crucial issue for suppliers, yet uncertainty in demand and exchange rate fluctuations make this problem challenging. This paper considers a supply chain consisting of a supplier and a CBEC platform. Using a distributionally robust optimization approach, we provide optimal overseas warehousing strategies and logistics mode selection for suppliers, given partial distribution information of market demand and exchange rate, such as means, variances, and covariances. It is found that when demand and exchange rate fluctuations are small, the supplier chooses the bonded warehouse logistics mode to reduce costs. Conversely, when demand and exchange rate fluctuations increase, the supplier opts for the direct mail mode to respond flexibly to market risk. The correlation between exchange rate and demand also affects the choice of logistics mode. Specifically, with low correlation, the preference is for the bonded warehouse mode, whereas high correlation leads suppliers to choose the direct mail mode. In addition, the impact of demand and exchange rate fluctuations on suppliers' overseas warehousing volumes depends on the product's profit margin. These findings provide guidance for the selection of CBEC logistics under exchange rate risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the continuous development of CBEC, logistics networks have become an important and essential component of the e-commerce market. However, in cross-border logistics networks, the complexity and uncertainty of the network often lead to issues such as network imbalance and instability. This article proposes an optimization strategy for cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) logistics networks based on the ADASYN algorithm and conducts experimental verification on it. The experimental results show that this strategy can significantly improve the performance indicators of CBEC logistics services. After optimization, logistics time is reduced by 40%; logistics costs are reduced by 40%; delivery efficiency is improved by 8%. In addition, the differences in node quality and distance have also been effectively reduced. This series of optimization measures would provide useful reference and support for the development of CBEC logistics networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigates the estimated return rate and optimal order quantity under three cross-border e-commerce return logistics modes: direct mail (from predecessor), in situ destruction (new), and insurance (new). The estimated return rate under each model was analyzed and it was found that different modes have different thresholds in delivery lead time (the time retailers need to deliver goods to customers), and within which the estimated return rate increases as the delivery lead time increases. And a size comparison of the estimated return rates for the three models was conducted. A profit model was constructed based on the estimated return rate model, the optimal order quantity was calculated, and the effects of different factors (tax, postage, and delivery lead time etc.) on it were analyzed. For the insurance model, the effect of bearing the insurance ratio between retailers and consumers on the optimal order quantity was examined. The goal of this paper was to construct a model of the estimated return rate for the two new modes and to compare the estimated return rate of the three modes, which provides a reference for retailers to choose among the diversified return logistics modes and then make the best ordering strategy according to the influence of different factors on the optimal order quantity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At present, most online education platforms still have problems such as single learning modes and loose knowledge structures. Using the knowledge map, the study employs a personalized adaptive intelligent adjustment strategy based on the structural expression of the CBEC English subject system. Firstly, the study uses the Scapy framework to crawl the subject knowledge data. Then use the LTP platform to process sentences containing multiple entities. Input the sentence into the dependency parser to analyze and extract the entity relationship. Finally, according to the relevance between knowledge points and topics in the knowledge map, the final learning path recommendation result is obtained. And cluster the similarity of curriculum content to build a complete curriculum system. Based on the above operations, a knowledge map-based smart learning platform for the CBEC English discipline has been designed and implemented to provide a smart, personalized learning environment for learners. According to the experimental analysis, the average satisfaction of learners with the learning platform designed by the study is 81.56%, which can meet the learning needs of learners and provide an excellent mobile learning environment for students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) professional training programs jointly organized by enterprises and universities effectively reduce the CBEC talent supply-demand gap in China. Without understanding students' learning needs, it's hard to activate students' motivations to participate in these programs. This study investigates undergraduates' learning demands for knowledge and skills from the CBEC professional training program. A survey based on China CBEC Professionals Standards was conducted among four CBEC-related majors at Huaihua University located at an international inland port city of Huaihua in Central China. It was found that undergraduates of different grades and majors differed in their learning demands for CBEC knowledge topics and skills. Majors, rates, CBEC-related experience and CBEC knowledge levels could affect undergraduates' CBEC learning needs. These results suggested that universities and enterprises should jointly design a differentiated curriculum for the specific learning demands of students in different CBEC-related majors and grades. The findings of this study have provided references for Huaihua University and other universities in China to optimize curriculums for CBEC professional training programs. The study also significantly motivates students to participate in CBEC training programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines college students' motivations to participate in cross-border e-commerce skill training. The study conducted a semi-structured interview with participants of cross-border e-commerce workshops at Huaihua University using the ARCS motivation model. According to the findings, relevance and attention motivational components significantly attract students to the cross-border e-commerce skill training program. In contrast, confidence and satisfaction motivational components act as supportive motivators to persuade students to participate in the training program. Students' knowledge of cross-border e-commerce platforms impacts their interest and attention to cross-border e-commerce workshops and their confidence and satisfaction with their learning process. It is recommended that the design of the university's crossborder e-commerce skill training program should be optimized. Doing so is expected to maximize students' motivations to participate in cross-border e-commerce skill training by promoting knowledge of crossborder e-commerce platforms to students of different levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The digital trade ecosystem's development relies on the growth of cross-border e-commerce platforms. To ensure the continued growth of China's digital trade, it is crucial to consider the service capabilities of digital platforms and the digital transformation capabilities of cross-border e-commerce firms. This study explores the impact of these factors on the performance of cross-border e-commerce companies, with digital transformation capability acting as a mediator. Empirical research reveals that the service capability of digital platforms is composed of supply chain communication and cost control abilities, which partially mediate the relationship between digital platform serviceability and cross-border e-commerce enterprise performance. Moreover, both the service capabilities of digital platforms and the digital transformation capabilities of cross-border e-commerce companies have a positive and significant impact on enterprise performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning has become a major learning mode for most university students in China. For highquality online teaching, teachers must optimize the teaching mode and strengthen the enthusiasm of students in classroom learning. In this study, a comparative experiment was carried out based on the course Cross-border E-commerce Customer Services for sophomore E-commerce majors at Huanghuai University in Zhumadian City, Henan Province, China. In the experiment, the teaching effect of the problem-based learning (PBL) mode in higher education was verified and gender differences in learning outcomes of learners who accepted PBL were analyzed. Results showed a significant difference at the 0.01 level between pre- and post-test results of the experimental group (t = -11.367, p = 0.000), proving the teaching effect of PBL. The academic performances of the experimental class are significantly better compared with those of the control class, indicating that PBL is more beneficial to improve learning outcomes of students than traditional teaching methods. Gender has significant influences on post-test results at the 0.01 level (p = 0.002 < 0.01). The median of final exam scores of male students is obviously higher than that of female students. Research conclusions can provide important references to test the effectiveness of PBL in learning outcomes of a specific subject, construct a PBL mode that can promote deep learning, and facilitate development of university teaching from knowledge teaching to core quality training of students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on China's foreign trade. Therefore, the Chinese government has proposed a "dual cycle" policy to promote economic development. In 2021, China's cross-border e-commerce B2B exports accounted for 60 percent. Therefore, this paper studies the impact of government actions on the development of cross-border e-commerce B2B export enterprises under the background of "dual cycle" policy. First, the policies related to the cross-border e-commerce industry in the "dual circulation" policy are screened, and the LDA topic model is used to classify them, i.e., sorting by topic intensity as "fiscal policy", "tax policy", "customs clearance policy", "payment policy" and "talent policy". After that, based on the analysis results of the LDA topic model, a theoretical basis for the impact of different policies on cross-border e-commerce B2B export companies is established; then an evolutionary game model between the government and cross-border e-commerce B2B export enterprises is constructed. This article also carried out experiments to verify our analysis. The simulation results show that: (1) The government's appropriate increase in subsidies, tax incentives, infrastructure investment, talent introduction and cultivation, optimized payment system, and supervision can promote enterprises to participate in cross-border e-commerce B2B export trading; (2) excessive government supervision reduces enterprises' enthusiasm to participate in cross-border e-commerce B2B export trading; (3) the government's subsidies, tax incentives, and supervision strength have the greatest impact on whether enterprises participate in cross-border e-commerce B2B export trading, followed by the government's investment in cross-border e-commerce infrastructure, the introduction and cultivation of cross-border e-commerce talents, and the improvement of the payment system. Finally, this paper puts forward relevant policy recommendations to promote the development of cross-border e-commerce B2B export enterprises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Products liability in the digital age entails reckoning with the transformative shift away from in-person purchases at brick-and-mortar stores to digital purchases from e-commerce platforms. The epochal rise of the online storefront has vastly expanded the prevalence of direct-to-consumer sales, implicating complex questions of how liability rules should respond when those consumers are harmed by the products they buy, especially in this age of international e-commerce and cross-border sales. Imposing liability on online platforms on grounds of their superior ability to prevent harms from newly emergent risks, i.e., their status as “cheapest cost avoiders,” reveals courts’ efforts to vindicate the regulatory needs of society, and hence pin responsibility on entities in the best position to have readily avoided harm arising from the imposition of excessive risks. Products liability is a microcosm of how the common law evolves over time, specifically, here, to respond to new societal risks—posed by the automobile, mass-produced goods, and now, digital e-commerce. At each juncture in the development of products liability law, judges have relied explicitly on deterrence, or prevention of harm, rationales to address new forms of risks and prevent them from materializing into harms, and in doing so, have recognized new harms and/or expanded tort liability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information technology has promoted the development of globalization, and cross-border e-commerce business has also ushered in rapid development. In recent years, the scale of cross-border e-commerce in our country has grown rapidly, and this industry has gradually become an important component of the import and export trading. Since the cross-border e-commerce business happens between two different countries or regions, there are certain differences in logistics laws, logistics service facilities and human culture in each country or region, so there are many potential risk factors, thus the risks in cross-border e-commerce export trading are also increasingly prominent. Based on the analysis of the market environment risks, customs clearance risks and logistics risks faced by our country's cross-border e-commerce exports, this paper formulates targeted countermeasures combined with the application of big data technology in risk identification, and proposes practical and feasible solutions with preventive advice towards the- cross-border e-commerce export risks in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social commerce has been seeing exponential growth due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought a wave of cross-border commerce as consumers purchase more items online. Business uses social media to reach new markets by accessing potential global buyers, expanding their target markets, and increasing brand popularity. Cross-border ecommerce studies showed that perceived risk is a critical factor that reduces individuals' willingness to purchase unfamiliar foreign products. We introduced an emerging business model, cross-border social commerce (CBSC) and examined the mitigation of perceived risk through trust transfer in a CBSC context. To capture consumers' purchase intention of cross-border commerce, we conducted an online scenario-based survey. Survey respondents comprising a total of 321 social media users in Indonesia were observed. The results demonstrate that consumers' trust can be transferred from friends and platforms to brands, and the transfer effect is contingent on the popularity of the brand. Our findings have crucial implications for trust transfer and cross-border social commerce. This study contributes to academia by introducing a new business model and advancing our understanding of how to enhance trust and mitigate risk. Practitioners can gain insight into trust building in CBSC context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Zhejiang Province was approved to establish the first batch of national digital economy innovation and development pilot zones, the development trend in five years will focus on digital industrialization, industry digitization and governance digitization. Cross-border e-commerce is one of the important components of the digital economy, has experienced rapid development in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the largest small commodity wholesale market in the world and the only county-level city in the approved comprehensive test area of cross-border e-commerce, Yiwu should pay more attention to the integration of online and offline markets to promote the steady and healthy development. By analyzing the pain points and difficulties in the development of traditional cross-border e-commerce, this paper discusses the ways to realize the transformation and upgrading of Yiwu's foreign trade and accelerate the transformation and development of regional economy, to promote mass entrepreneurship and innovation. Strive to build a new mechanism for the integrated development of online and offline marketing channels of cross-border e-commerce based on big data and promote the faster and more orderly development of cross-border e-commerce industry in central and western Zhejiang and even surrounding areas in the digital economy era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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For better export marketing strategies (EMS), companies mobilize their internal resources, which are managerial commitment, firm experience, and product uniqueness. However, Small businesses with constrained resources cannot be well explained with this view. So, more research on how small businesses come up with EMS has been called for. To explain how resource-restricted firms rely heavily on entrepreneurs, this study adopted the concept of dynamic managerial capabilities (DMCs) and resource versatility to better explain small business exports. We analyzed small businesses in Mongolia with qualitative research methods, including interviews with entrepreneurs and support organizations, site visits, and group discussions. We suggest international dynamic marketing capabilities (IDMCs), which are entrepreneurial orientation, networking capability, and versatile dynamic capability for small businesses. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews the primary scientific articles applicable to the logistics industry, and specifically those relating to cross-border e-commerce in China. The authors focused on reviewing the articles about the current status of cross-border e-commerce in China and the factors affecting its development, with the aim of highlighting literature gaps. The authors used a systematic literature review (SLR) to identify, gather, and analyze 60 primary papers selected from international peer-reviewed journals and international conference proceedings between 2001 and 2020. Chinese cross-border e-commerce has experienced a trend of steady progress, although several challenges remain. These challenges include, but are not limited to, low custom clearance efficiency, complex monitoring and supervision, tax rebate settlement challenges, payment risks, insufficient talent within the Chinese industry, and the lack of scientific management guidelines. The significant contributions of this paper include critical highlights of the current gaps and future research themes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current online shopping environment, the virtual nature of transactions and the characteristics of trans-temporal transactions make them subject to certain uncertainties and risks. Trust perception is the main means and way to establish a trust relationship between cross-border e-commerce and consumers.. This article analyzes the characteristics of consumers and cross-border e-commerce to build a consumer perception trust evaluation index system from three aspects, and applies the AHP method to determine the final index system. The evaluation results of the K-means algorithm are more objective and can be applied to the problem of consumer perception trust evaluation of cross-border e-commerce. The evaluation results can be used for cross-border e-commerce to intuitively understand consumers' trust in themselves, and then improve their shortcomings in a targeted manner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The purpose is to provide a reference for the sustainable development of cross-border ecommerce (Electric-Commerce) through theoretical and empirical analysis of consumer behavior and consumer psychology. First, the influence of consumer trust on e-commerce is discussed, a consumer trust index system is proposed, and a theoretical model of trust on purchase intention is constructed. The model analysis proves that consumer trust can determine purchase intention. To observe consumer trust from multiple dimensions, trust is decomposed into four dimensions: privacy protection, information quality, security protection, and platform reputation. Then, the key factors of consumer loyalty are determined for cross-border e-commerce platforms, and a corresponding theoretical model is established. Further, consumers aged between 20~40 years are sampled for empirical analysis from a typical crossborder e-commerce platform, and their basic information, consumer trust, consumer loyalty, and purchase intention are investigated through QS (Questionnaire Survey). Finally, 210 valid QSs are collected and analyzed. SPSS correlation analysis suggests that consumer trust is positively correlated with consumer loyalty and purchase intention. In the trust variables, privacy protection, security protection, and platform reputation have a significant impact on consumer purchase intention. Among the factors of consumer loyalty, the coefficient of commodity perception is the largest, and commodity perception and consumer trust are positively correlated. Therefore, to maintain the sustainable development of cross-border e-commerce, consumer trust should be strengthened, together with consumer privacy protection. Meanwhile, the information quality of the platform should be enhanced, and consumer loyalty should be upheld at a high level. The results have some practical significance for improving consumers' purchase intention and promoting the sustainable development of cross-border ecommerce platforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

B Yolanda b :In addition to what we mentioned before, Amazon has recently restricted many merchants in China, including some well-known and big brands in China, even some top1 and top2 brands. Building a brand needs a certain asset investment, so the price of products with a brand must be higher than the price of products with no brand. These are the positive responses of our company to the epidemic. B Prof. Cheng b :Has your company adjusted overseas marketing strategies after the outbreak of COVID-19? Before that, I was in charge of the mobile business division of our company, doing mobile product planning, mobile market layout, and so on. B Prof. Cheng b :What countries do you think your company is focusing on?. [Extracted from the article]

Recently, additional reviews, as a new form of online reviews, have attracted attention among the academia. However, it remains unclear whether the existing findings from initial reviews apply to the additional reviews. Based on the attribution theory, this paper explores the impacts of different attributes of online additional reviews on the sales volume of cross-border pharmaceutical platforms, and the moderate role of country-of-origin. Using addition reviews data and product information from Alihealth.tall.com, this paper successfully tests these hypotheses. The results show that the number of additional reviews and the interval between initial and additional reviews have significant positive effects on sales, and moderated by country-of-origin. However, the number of super members making additional reviews is not associated with product sales. Our findings have several implications: firstly, the additional reviews still is an important information for consumers, while attributes has different effects on products sales; secondly, information of country of origin associated with additional reviews can influence the evaluation of products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The platform of cross-border e-commerce has gained momentum in recent years. It is of paramount importance to fathom the factors influencing consumers' choice of the platform and the relationships among the underlying factors. Departing from the theoretical lens of perceived value and our comprehensive review of the literature, this paper proposes a selection model including four dimensions and twelve criteria of cross-border import e-commerce platform. We propose a multi-study approach, in which the DANP technique is leveraged to extract and analyze the influence of the relationships between dimensions and criteria to determine their weight; then we use the TOPSIS technique to further evaluate three cross-border import e-commerce platforms in China, including Tmall Global, Koala and JD Global, to validate our model. The results show that when consumers choose a cross-border import e-commerce platform, products and experience are the most salient elements, while services and risks are the effective elements, with the greatest impact of risks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As a business mode, cross-border e-commerce responds to the trend of globalization. It is an effective means for numerous enterprises to open up new businesses, expand new markets, and overcome trade barriers. More and more enterprises are beginning to explore cross-border e-commerce. Notwithstanding, there is no theoretical guidance for the selection of cross-border e-commerce partners. This leads to the inefficiency of cross-border cooperation. How scientifically and rationally facilitate the inter-firm cooperation is a topic worthy intensive study. Drawing upon cognitive behavior theory, relational governance theory, and transactional cost theory, this paper examines the mechanism of corporate reputation of cross-border e-commerce on inter-firm cooperation under different levels of information sharing. Based on the analysis of the questionnaire data of cross-border e-commerce enterprises, it finds that the corporate reputation of cross-border e-commerce has a significant impact on inter-firm trust and both corporate reputation and inter-firm trust can promote inter-firm cooperation; inter-firm trust partially mediates the relationship between corporate reputation and inter-firm cooperation; with the increase of the levels of information sharing, the positive impact of inter-firm trust on inter-firm cooperation weakens. The conclusions provide theoretical basis for the selection of cross-border e-commerce partners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) is booming in the world today, there are many obstacles hindering the development of the market, such as fake commodities and inferior goods, unreliable and lengthy transit times, and so on. The emergence of Internet celebrity brings new vitality to CBEC, as they build a bridge of trust between brand merchants and consumers. At the same time, the more complex CBEC supply chain with Internet celebrity involved needs to be integrated. This study propose a business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) supply–demand docking business model and accordingly four incentive mechanisms (namely high-quality production incentive, Internet celebrity marketing incentive, equity sharing incentive and cooperative voting mechanism) to achieve the CBEC supply chain vertical integration. Our analysis shows that a higher commission proportion of CBEC platform results in lower quality improvement level and demand, and higher sale price and consumer experience level. We also find that joint decision-making actually realizes Pareto improvement of decentralized decision-making. Moreover, the introduction of cooperative voting mechanism ensures the fair expression of the interest demands of participants in the joint decision, providing a win-win situation for all parties. This study provides a sufficient basis for the vital role of Internet celebrity in CBEC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cross-border e-commerce logistics industry and the ecological environment interact and restrict with each other. As for the study on the degree of synergy between the two, it is difficult for conventional research to automatically adjust with the dynamic changes of internal parameters. In actual projects, the self-adaptability of this method is relatively poor. In order to solve this problem, this paper puts forward the research on the coordination degree of cross-border e-commerce logistics ecological environment based on the composite collaboration model. Based on cross-border electric commercial relations between the logistics industry and the ecological environment, the design theory of collaborative evolution framework, analysis of the logistics industry of the ecological environment change with the process of the inner system. On this basis, two aspects of the logistics industry and ecological environment determine the synergy degree calculation index, attributes of each index is determined at the same time, the default each index corresponds to a sequence parameter. The ecological environment of cross-border e-commerce logistics industry is regarded as a composite system, and the composite collaboration model is constructed. The synergy degree of logistics ecological environment is calculated though the model, and the synergy degree of cross-border e-commerce logistics ecological environment is judged according to the synergy degree. The experimental results show that the technical efficiency of the proposed method is more than 1.0. and the sensitivity value to dynamic parameters is high, and the adaptive ability of the method is improved. At the same time, the paper analyses the composite collaboration degree of cross-bonder e-commerce logistics industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the rapid technological developments, cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) as a sector is also expanding rapidly. In the past couple of decades, China has become a major force in promoting and developing CBEC and, therefore, it was needed to explore the various antecedents and outcomes of Chinese CBEC to expand the understanding and existing CBEC scholarship. Ample studies have been conducted to understand the antecedents and outcomes of CBEC. However, limited studies have explored such variables which can mitigate the adoption of CBEC. With this background, this empirical study was focused on addressing this gap by studying the moderating role of environmental context between organizational context and the four levels of CBEC adoption with the help of a technology-organization-environment framework. SMEs operating in China were targeted for data collection, where data were collected through an online survey. A final sample size of 208 was recorded. It was found that the organizational context has a direct and positive impact on all four levels of CBEC adoption. Furthermore, the moderating role of environmental context on Level 1 and 2 was not supported. Finally, the moderating role of environmental context on Level 3 and 4 was supported by the data. It was concluded that the organizational context plays a significant role in shaping CBEC at all four levels, whereas the environmental context has the potential to mitigate the relationships between organizational context and CBEC Level 3 and 4. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As a product combining information and communication technology, digital technology, and traditional trade, digital trade represents a new form of international trade development in the context of economic globalization. As its scale continues to expand, digital trade not only profoundly impacts consumer health behaviors and environmental pollution control but also enhances opportunities for residents to access healthcare products and services. This could potentially have a significant promoting effect on residents' health levels. However, the extent and mechanisms through which digital trade affects residents' health remain unclear. Accordingly, this study fills in a gap in the research by calculating the provincial-level digital trade index for China from 2012–2020 and matching it with data from the China Family Panel Studies. The goal is to find the micro-causal mechanisms of digital trade on residents' health from green consumption and environmental improvement perspectives. The results show that digital trade reduces residents' medical expenses and improves their health. We use a quasi-natural experiment by treating the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone as a digital trade treatment group and conducting a difference-in-differences estimation, finding that the health effects of digital trade remain significant. Heterogeneity indicates that the health effects of digital trade are powerful for middle- and high-income households and rural residents. In the east and center, in regions with well-developed transportation infrastructure and digital financial inclusion, the development of digital trade is more conducive to residents' health. Additionally, we demonstrate that digital trade can affect residents' health by promoting green consumption, eliminating energy poverty (i.e., improving indoor air pollution), and enhancing environmental quality (i.e., improving outdoor environmental pollution). This study provides solid scientific empirical evidence for enhancing human sustainable development through global digital trade. • Digital trade reduces residents' out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures and improves their health. • Cross-border e-commerce, a policy event for digital trade, has had a favorable impact on residents' health. • Digital trade benefits middle- and high-income households and rural residents' health. • The impact of digital trade on health varies under different regional and developmental conditions. • Digital trade affects residents' health by influencing green consumption and improving environmental quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper conceptualises the industrial and institutional co-evolution of the Chinese import cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) industry, led by digital platform firms, over the decade 2012–2022. By drawing on empirical interview data and extensive secondary material from industry and government sources, and applying Gong and Hassink's (2019a) framework of industrial-institutional co-evolution, we develop a three-phase conceptualisation to assess how industrial and institutional dynamics have developed in tandem, leading to significant regional development through CBEC pilot zones. Contrasting with research that has implied limited agency of industrial actors in a Chinese state-led institutional environment, our analysis explores how leading platform firms have successfully legitimised their role in the sector through government engagement and lobbying activities. Further, and in contrast with recent regulatory tightening with respect to the wider activities of platform firms, the technological infrastructure and associated data transparency offered by the platforms has led the Chinese state to set aside oligopolistic antitrust concerns in its regulation of this industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Enriches the relevant research in the field of cross-border e-commerce. • The impact of cross-border e-commerce on enterprise export resilience is analyzed. • The mediating role of trade digitization is clarified. This study analyses the link between cross-border e-commerce, trade digitisation and enterprise export resilience, and finds that the progression of cross-border e-commerce can improve enterprise export resilience. In contrast, trade digitisation plays an important mediating role, and the robustness test and endogeneity analysis similarly support the above findings. This study also conducted a heterogeneity analysis, the results show that the degree of cross-border e-commerce development of firms in the eastern region has a more significant influence on enterprise export resilience than those in the central and western region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Under the background of “Internet plus,” more and more traditional industries have been integrated into the Internet through information technology. The international trade (foreign trade) industry has constantly been networked, informalized and electrolyzed. Based on the statistical analysis of the current development trend and market demand for cross-border e-commerce talents, this paper attempts to find out the causes of the current multidisciplinary “competition” for cross-border e-commerce talent training, analyze the advantages and disadvantages of this "competition," and put forward the development strategies of multidisciplinary cross-border e-commerce talent training. This study will be of essential reference and significance for applied universities, colleges and higher vocational colleges to adjust the cross-border ecommerce talent training positioning, orientation and professional layout. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Even with the increasing implementation rate of overall trade facilitation measures, cross-border paperless trade measures implementation rate has been lowest. Emerging cross-border e-commerce platforms has enabled electronic transactions hence opening a new chapter of international trade. However, the electronic means used by the private economic operators in international trade are not recognized by the public sector. The new UN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade (2016) is one of the initiatives to overcome this barrier. However, this treaty does not provide any specific mutual recognition model yet. This study aims to analyze a common structure and attributes that compose a cross-border mutual recognition scheme and help policymakers and practitioners establish adequate mutual recognition arrangement (MRA). From the literature review and the analysis of actual MRA cases, the study identified six attributes: normative sources, mutual recognition methods, technical possibility, management/control possibility, trust mechanism and coverage of recognition service. By applying different combinations of these attributes, MRA models with different characteristics and levels could be generated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To solve the problems of low execution efficiency and insufficient security of traditional electronic payment mode, in this study, an improved mode of cross-border e-commerce payment based on fuzzy fractional-order ordinary differential equation and secure electronic transaction protocol is proposed. Firstly, the competition model of cross-border e-commerce payment platform is constructed using fuzzy fractional order ordinary differential equation. Based on the theory of Hopf bifurcation, the stability of the model is analyzed. Then, the cross-border e-commerce improved payment mode is built based on the secure electronic transaction protocol. Finally, the efficiency and security performance of the improved payment mode are compared with that of the traditional payment mode with face through simulation experiments. The results show that the improved mode takes less time in encryption and decryption than the traditional mode; the time spent on the security payment of the improved mode remains around 1.2 s, while that of the traditional mode is around 2.7 s; the improved mode security payment takes significantly less time than the traditional mode, which indicates that the payment mode proposed in this research based on fuzzy fractional order ordinary differential equation is not only more secure than the traditional payment mode, but also can effectively improve the payment speed of users and greatly enhance their shopping experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China 's Belt and Road Initiative seeks to develop an international distribution system connected to the internet that provides the nation and its economy with a strategic advantage by more effectively marketing goods and services at a global level. To accomplish this goal, China must deal with significant differences in political, economic, technical, and cultural systems. Currently, researchers have paid inadequate attention to cultural issues; this paper is a step towards correcting this imbalance by pointing to various questions and problems that qualitative research methods can address. At this phase of research, qualitative methods and tools developed from the social sciences are best able to frame research agendas that, in the future, can be considered by formal and quantitative and scientific investigations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• A two-dimensional taxonomy of CBEC affordance was developed with four archetypes. • CBEC affordances strengthen consumer loyalty by enhancing perceived value. • Transaction-oriented affordances have more substantial effects on Chinese customers. • Socialization-oriented affordances exert stronger influences on South Koreans. Given the intense competition in the cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) market, researchers have been exploring information technology (IT) functionalities to promote perceived value and customer loyalty. Building upon technology affordance theory, we develop a two-dimensional taxonomy of CBEC affordance with four archetypes: cross-culture information guidance, cross-culture shopping guidance, triggered attending, and social comparison. We refer to the polycontextual lens and propose a research model to explain how CBEC affordances and national polycontextuality jointly influence perceived value and customer loyalty. We empirically validate the conceptual model with two samples: 232 customers from China and 215 customers from South Korea. Our findings suggest that CBEC affordances significantly strengthen consumer loyalty by enhancing their perceived value. Specifically, cross-culture information guidance and cross-culture shopping guidance have more substantial effects on Chinese customers' perceived value than South Korean customers'. Conversely, triggered attending and social comparison exert stronger influences on perceived value for South Korean customers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In recent years, cross-border e-commerce platforms have become an important way for Chinese consumers to buy overseas products. This paper aims to find out the main influencing factors of the consumer behavior on cross-border e-commerce platforms, and predict the purchase decisions of food product on these platforms. Firstly, twelve factors that may affect the purchase decisions of consumers on cross-border e-commerce platforms were selected, and subjected to big data analysis. Seven of them were found to have a significant impact on consumer behavior on the said platforms. Next, a multilayer perceptron (MLP) was constructed to evaluate the importance of each influencing factor to the purchase decisions. The fuzzy weights of the most important factors were determined by an improved frequent-pattern (FP) growth algorithm. Finally, a purchase decision prediction model was established for consumers on cross-border e-commerce platforms, and successfully applied to predict the purchase decisions over 6 categories of products on such platforms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The on-line silk road developed along with the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative. The establishment of bonded areas of various localities has further promoted the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce in China, which particularly has injected new vigor to the conventional manufacturing industry in Dongguan. However, the lack of cross-border e-commerce talents has aroused the concerns of business enterprises as well as universities. A stable and high-quality cross-border ecommerce faculty is a prerequisite for cultivating talents qualified for current society. Taking Business English Undergraduate Program of Xinhua College of Sun Yat-sen University as an example, this paper analyzes the status quo of the cross-border e-commerce faculty in terms of their teaching and scientific research abilities. Based on the analysis, the paper suggests that linguistic teachers should be aware of crisis and realize self-upgrading through communication with teachers of other majors and experts from enterprises, and that universities should formulate strategies to strengthen cooperation with enterprises in order to develop a qualified faculty of cross-border e-commerce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This legal analysis examines recent informal interpretative guidance from ESMA on the ability, under MiFID II, of non-EU members of EU exchanges to provide direct electronic access to those exchanges for their customers. We highlight the conflicts between ESMA's guidance and the provisions of the MiFIR, and compare ESMA's position with the contrary view taken by the UK and other EU legislators, before concluding with some thoughts on how this contradiction might be resolved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

E-commerce has become one of the major consumption patterns currently. Understanding consumer e-commerce shopping behavior helps to improve the competitiveness of enterprises. The purpose of this study is to examine service justice as the antecedent factor of dysfunctional customer behavior (DCB) and how it interacts with negative emotion and service dissatisfaction, which in turn, affect DCB. The study utilizes an online survey to obtain data from 490 Taobao.com users after the well known whistle-blowing incident against Taobao counterfeits. The partial least square method of structure equation modeling is employed to test the proposed research model. The results indicate that service justice has a negative significant correlation with negative emotion, and negative emotion significantly induces service dissatisfaction. Finally, both negative emotion and service dissatisfaction are positively correlated with DCB. Knowledge about cross-border e-commerce DCB is scarce. This study is based on customer justice theory to provide empirical evidence about the factors influencing DCB perpetrated on Taobao's shopping website. Implications and future research are further discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays when the complexity of services provided by freight forwarders is increasing, especially when dealing with multimodal transport or project logistics, unified freight forwarders' documents are one of the main instruments in cross border trade facilitation. While discussing the role of freight forwarder in multimodal transport, the author presents an analysis of several key documents that are commonly used in trade logistics herewith revealing the impact of indeterminacy of freight forwarding responsibilities. the purpose of this article is to introduce the reader to freight forwarders' documents and forms with a focus on the models of usage of FIATA Bill of Lading and FIATA Forwarders Certificate of Receipt. Two scenarios of primary concern, respecting possible schemes of fraudulent usage of FIATA Bill of Lading are revealed in the article together with possible solutions for reducing the risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cloud computing has significantly changed the way in which information is collected, stored, handled and distributed by individuals, businesses and government agencies. Like many other technology developments, Cloud computing brings us both opportunities and risks. Cloud computing poses significant and difficult questions in tax laws, particularly in the cross-border tax area. As an increasing number of businesses move to cloud computing solutions, items we view as tangible products are transformed into intangible or digital products. This arguably brings significant challenges to the traditional tax system, which was established on the basis of physical transactions and trade. In international tax, Transfer Pricing is certainly "one of the most important issues." An increasing number of multinational enterprises, particularly the U.S. I.T. Giants, artificially shift profits from high-tax to low-tax countries by a variety o f techniques. A study conducted by the U.S. Congressional Research Service in 2015 indicates a significant increase in corporate profit shifting over the past several years, and estimates losses from income shifting by multinational corporations are estimated at nearly $100 billion USD per year. This article examines whether and how traditional tax rules on Transfer Pricing, which have their foundations in physical transactions and trade, can apply in the current virtual, digital world of cloud computing. It aims to identify the difficulties current approaches face as they are applied to this developing technology, and attempts to explore some practical solutions for future Transfer Pricing law reforms at both the international and national level by drawing on insights from the Transfer Pricing rules of the OECD and Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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