Supply Chain in Cross-Border E-Commerce

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Author(s): Md. Nuruzzaman (Lanzhou University, China)and Alicia Neva Weber (University of South Africa, South Africa)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 24
Source title: Cross-Border E-Commerce Marketing and Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Md. Rakibul Hoque (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh & Emporia State University, USA)and R. Edward Bashaw (Emporia State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5823-2.ch003

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / E-Commerce / Marketing

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Cross-border e-commerce has emerged with significant attention in the field of international trade. Exports and imports are more integrated with the revolutionary e-commerce platforms where people can buy things from other countries at their fingertips. However, the supply chain behind the business transactions beyond the country's boundaries is more complicated than traditional businesses. The successful supply chain performance of e-commerce depends on many local and international aspects. Issues and challenges of the supply chain rapidly change due to the fast development of internet infrastructure. The chapter identifies some key issues like supply chain facility, inventory management, legal obstacles with today's supply chain performance of international e-commerce. Comprehensive solutions and recommendations are given here with focusing the integration of blockchain technology, which tells how the businesses can initiate the combination of both e-commerce and cryptography for effective intercountry supply chain performance.

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