Global electronic business research opportunities and directions
Title:
Global electronic business research opportunities and directions
Author:
Al-Qirim, Nabeel A. Y., 1966-
ISBN:
9781591406457
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2006.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xi, 374 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
1. Electronic business research in small businesses : a global perspective / Nabeel A. Y. Al-Qirim -- 2. The evolving web presence of SMEs : an empirical approach to e-business / Fernando Alonso Mendo, Guy Fitzgerald -- 3. The development of web sites : objectives of Australian SMEs / Xueli Huang, Elaine K. F. Leong -- 4. SMEs ECT reality : from ad-hoc implementation to strategic planning / Zakia Elsammani -- 5. An investigation of SMTE web site usage in Australia : implications for e-commerce adoption and planning processes / Andrew P. Davidson, Stephen Burgess, Carmine Sellitto -- 6. A community web site initiative : impacts on small businesses / Heather Fulford -- 7. E-commerce links for SMEs within the industry value chain / Sylvie Feindt, Judith Jeffcoate, Caroline Chappell -- 8. Government intervention in SMEs' e-commerce adoption : an institutional approach / Ada Scupola --9. SMEs and government policies - worlds apart : the UK experience 1999-2004 / Anne Wiggins --10. Comparison-shopping as an emerging channel to increase web visibility for SMEs in the United States / Yun Wan --11. Managing knowledge in SMEs : what are some peculiarities? / Kevin C. Desouza, Yukika Awazu -- 12. The shifting sands of e-commerce : investigation of the mapping between expected and actual e-commerce benefits in SMEs / Robert MacGregor, Lejla Vrazalic --
13. Predictive indicators of electronic commerce adoption in regional small and medium enterprises / Afzaal H. Seyal, Mohd Noah A Rahman -- 14. Factors affecting e-business adoption by SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa : an exploratory study from Nigeria / Princely Ifinedo -- 15. Exploring ASP sourcing decision in small firms / Maria Woerndl, Philip Powell, Richard Vidgen.
Abstract:
"This book discusses the progress of e-commerce research in small to medium-sized enterprises in different countries in the world. It points to some of the impending issues concerning e-commerce in SMEs, and highlights the need to do something in order to bridge the existing divide between the two--Provided by publisher.
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