Survival of e-commerce entrepreneurs: The importance of brick-and-click and internationalization strategies

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Highlights:

• Organizational ecology theory can explain ecommerce entrepreneurs’ survival.

• The internationalization is a strategic factor explaining ecommerce entrepreneurs’ survival.

• The risk of bankruptcy is low for companies following a brick and click strategy.

• The empirical study supports the ‘survival of the fitter’ principle.

• It is worth analysing the firms’ accounting information in their first years.

摘要

•Organizational ecology theory can explain ecommerce entrepreneurs’ survival.•The internationalization is a strategic factor explaining ecommerce entrepreneurs’ survival.•The risk of bankruptcy is low for companies following a brick and click strategy.•The empirical study supports the ‘survival of the fitter’ principle.•It is worth analysing the firms’ accounting information in their first years.

论文关键词:E-commerce,Survival analysis,Performance,Organizational resilience,Entrepreneurship

论文评审过程:Received 5 February 2019, Revised 3 November 2020, Accepted 4 February 2021, Available online 10 February 2021, Version of Record 18 February 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2021.101035