OECD Digital Economy Papers
The OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) undertakes a wide range of activities to better understand how information and communication technologies (ICTs) contribute to sustainable economic growth and social well-being. The OECD Digital Economy Papers series covers a broad range of ICT-related issues and makes selected studies available to a wider readership. They include policy reports, which are officially declassified by an OECD Committee, and occasional working papers, which are meant to share early knowledge.
- ISSN: 20716826 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/20716826
B2B E-Commerce in Publishing, Retail Distribution and Pharmaceuticals Distribution in France
In early 1999, the OECD launched an internationally comparable study of the diffusion and
economic and competitive impacts of business-to-business electronic commerce over the Internet. A first
set of case studies was conducted in France between February 1999 and September 1999. Three sectors
were chosen for their different characteristics: book publishing, mass retail distribution (clothing, textiles,
food and drink, furnishings, etc.) and pharmaceuticals distribution. The differences across sectors are
substantial and relate to the nature of the product (whether it can be digitised, is costly or is perishable), the
nature of transactions between suppliers and purchasers, the market structure and regulation. This report
gives a first set of results concerning sectoral differences in the spread of business-to-business electronic
commerce and related organisational and economic effects.
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