Decision-Making of Cross-Border E-Commerce Platform Supply Chains Considering Information Sharing and Free Shipping

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Thank you for the presented article, it is very interesting, but I have to say that it is quite difficult to understand. I would recommend a better structure. In the introduction, I would add more sources and describe the current state of research in this area, the number of cited sources is very low. Also, at the end, include a discussion and the possible possibility of verification in practice. I appreciate the presented scenario variants, but it seems very theoretical to me and the question is whether the presented output would be applicable in practice, I miss this overlap here.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Dear Authors, 

I sincerely thank you for the opportunity to review your work. Particularly in the post-pandemic period, the topics you have addressed are very timely. I would like to share my comments with you, which I believe will help you extract even more value from your manuscript:

1. In my opinion, there has been too little coverage of information sharing and free shipping in cross-border e-commerce. Outlining the theoretical background is, in my opinion, too tenuous, and thus the relevance of the problem being addressed is not highlighted. The introduction section should be supplemented with more literature sources.

2 Section 2 does not provide an answer to the question of why the particular methodology chosen by the authors was used. Were there any other scientific studies that compared the two? The rationale for using such a study methodology should be explored further. I emphasize that it was used and described correctly, but it should be contrasted with other approaches and the rationale for their choice should be justified.

3. Proofs should be ended with "tombstone" / "end-of-proof" sign: ∎ / □

4. Discussion section is missing.

5. It is worthwhile, in my opinion, to expand the theoretical and methodological background to include the issues of strategic analysis of the enterprise, especially in the e-commerce sector. Example helpful sources:

- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10257-013-0213-4

- https://ojs.wsb.edu.pl/index.php/fso/article/view/568/319

- https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/REPS-10-2018-013/full/html

- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09537325.2020.1714579

I believe that the article is well developed and presents important topics in a methodologically correct way. At the same time, I think that the theory and methodological additions should be supplemented. I conditionally admit the article for further processing with the rating "minor review required". Thank you for your cooperation.

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Reviewer 3 Report

The research question is not clearly presented, and needs to be rephrased. So is the article title, which somehow is misleading. The stratetic options are supposed to be made on the basis of the gamic theory and empirical findings strategies but now it looks like a proposal to make strategic decisions. The literature review section needs to re-written as the the cited sources are somehow irrelevant to the key theme of the article. The author needs to indidicate what differences he/she may make to the existing literature. The conclusion section is problematic. First, the conclusion seems disconnected with the findings. Second the proposals are blunt without theoretical arguments. The key defect is a lack of theory/doctrine throughout the article.

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Thank you for the submitted modifications.

Reviewer 3 Report

English expression needs to be improved a bit. Please engage a native speaker to polish.