TY - JOUR AB - Suggest hybrid e‐commerce strategies can take many forms – ranging from approaches with limited interaction between the physical and virtual entities – to where these two modes are inseparable. Investigates theoretical strengths of synergy models, presenting a series of case studies that illustrate that some companies and industries have hybrid strategies. Sums up that contrary to the former e‐commerce rhetoric, distance is not dead and geography still bears an influence on e‐commerce retail activity. VL - 3 IS - 3 SN - 1463-6697 DO - 10.1108/14636690110801923 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/14636690110801923 AU - Steinfield Charles AU - de Wit Dirk AU - Adelaar Thomas AU - Bruins Arnout AU - Fielt Erwin AU - Hoefsloot Markus AU - Smit Alko AU - Bouwman Harry PY - 2001 Y1 - 2001/01/01 TI - Pillars of virtual enterprise: leveraging physical assets in the new economy T2 - info PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 203 EP - 213 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -