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The agency channel offers two logistic strategies, low-quality logistics services provided by third-party enterprises (Strategy N) and high-quality logistics services provided by the platform (Strategy S). When the manufacturer opts for Strategy S, a portion of the market share of the resale channel shifts to the agency channel, which results in the platform logistics effect. We developed a game-theoretic model to investigate the equilibrium results of a manufacturer under different logistics strategies. The results show that there exists a threshold for the platform logistics effect. When the platform logistics effect is lower than this threshold, the manufacturer prefers Strategy N. Otherwise, the manufacturer prefers Strategy S. However, when the platform logistics price reaches a certain level, the manufacturer will always prefer Strategy N. Our study provides valuable insights for manufacturers and e-commerce platforms to optimize their operational decisions based on different logistics strategies. It also helps manufacturers make rational choices about logistics strategies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/systems11070324","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,26]],"date-time":"2023-06-26T03:14:56Z","timestamp":1687749296000},"page":"324","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Research on Manufacturers\u2019 Logistics Strategy Selection in the Context of E-Commerce"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Hao","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, Zhengzhou 450046, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8173-7773","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yanan","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"102682","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tre.2022.102682","article-title":"Negative effect of price-matching policy on traditional retailers in a dual-channel supply chain with different content formats","volume":"161","author":"Kittaka","year":"2022","journal-title":"Transp. 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