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Analyse de la digitalisation du canal de distribution : une approche triadique dans l’étude du risque de désintermédiation des grossistes traditionnels

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Intermediaries are little studied in Management Science. The research proposes to put forward a particular type of intermediary that is the wholesaler. Faced with the digitization of all sectors, it is interesting to question the capacity of wholesalers to generate added value in the distribution channel. Based on the triadic methodology and the field of study, it turns out that digital can modify one of the inter-organizational relational processes. In the absence of a strong demand for downstream distribution channels, wholesalers are struggling to put in place a digital strategy that makes sense. On the other hand, this delay allows the industrialist to take the lead on information flows by leaving the management of physical flows to the wholesaler. This phenomenon of partial re-intermediation calls into question the relations between the actors without seeing the disappearance of the wholesaler.