The adoption and impact of E-commerce in rural China: Application of an endogenous switching regression model

M Liu, S Min, W Ma, T Liu - Journal of Rural Studies, 2021 - Elsevier
Rural e-commerce is embraced as an opportunity for economic advancement for farmers in
developing countries. However, little empirical evidence has been presented about the …

Income effect of rural E-commerce: Empirical evidence from Taobao villages in China

G Li, J Qin - Journal of Rural Studies, 2022 - Elsevier
Rural E-commerce (EC) has experienced rapid growth in China since 21st century. The
formation of Taobao Villages has brought considerable economic and social benefits in …

Environmental effects of rural e-commerce: A case study of chemical fertilizer reduction in China

X Ji, J Xu, H Zhang - Journal of environmental management, 2023 - Elsevier
The economic effects of rural e-commerce have been fully discussed by scholars, but few
studies focus on the environmental effects of rural e-commerce. This study takes the reduced …

Informality and rural industry: Rethinking the impacts of E-Commerce on rural development in China

W Tang, J Zhu - Journal of Rural Studies, 2020 - Elsevier
The adoption and diffusion of e-commerce in developing countries exerts a fundamental
influence on economic growth and on people's daily lives. The impacts of diffuse e …

Spatial identification of land use functions and their tradeoffs/synergies in China: Implications for sustainable land management

Y Zhang, H Long, S Tu, D Ge, L Ma, L Wang - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
Land use function (LUF) has sparked widely attention of researchers and policymakers who
are focusing on sustainable development. Identifying the interrelations among multiple LUFs …

Digital economy to encourage sustainable consumption and reduce carbon emissions

H Jiang, E Elahi, M Gao, Y Huang, X Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
The study aims to empirically analyze the complex interrelationships between the digital
economy, consumption upgrading, and carbon emissions across 30 Chinese provinces from …

Entrepreneurship and the formation mechanism of Taobao Villages: Implications for sustainable development in rural areas

Y Zang, S Hu, B Zhou, L Lv, X Sui - Journal of Rural Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
With the progress of information and communication technologies (ICT) and advent of the
knowledge economy, the burgeoning e-commerce heralds new opportunities to reverse the …

Rural cooperatives in the digital age: An analysis of the Internet presence and degree of maturity of agri-food cooperatives'e-commerce

E Cristobal-Fransi, Y Montegut-Salla… - Journal of Rural …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this article is to determine whether the websites belonging to agri-food
cooperatives facilitate effective communication in an online environment and are adapted to …

Does e-commerce narrow the urban–rural income gap? Evidence from Chinese provinces

ZH Yin, CH Choi - Internet Research, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose A wide urban–rural income gap exists in China despite the implementation of pro-
rural policies. Additionally, with the proliferation of the internet and information technology …

Farmland transition in China and its policy implications

L Ma, H Long, S Tu, Y Zhang, Y Zheng - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
China's land use structure is closely related to its economic development. Based on the
theoretical analysis framework of China's farmland transition (FT), this paper establishes an …