Have SMEs Benefited from E-Commerce?
Recently there has been a surge in research projects on how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) use E-Commerce/E-Business for business purposes. These include a mixture of academic, industry and government studies. The outcomes have presented a mixed message. While there are anecdotal success storie...
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| Language: | English |
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Australasian Association for Information Systems
2002-11-01
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| Series: | Australasian Journal of Information Systems |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/view/172 |
| Summary: | Recently there has been a surge in research projects on how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) use E-Commerce/E-Business for business purposes. These include a mixture of academic, industry and government studies. The outcomes have presented a mixed message. While there are anecdotal success stories, SMEs found their E-Commerce/E-Business endeavours successful to a point but face difficulties in achieving many speculations portrayed by the media and visionaries. In this paper, I try to address the issue based on published works in the domain of E-Commerce/E-Business adoption among SMEs. The answer may lie in a more refined research strategy and consolidation of research outcomes. Lessons from EDI adoption might be useful to formulate impetus to further adoption. |
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| ISSN: | 1449-8618 1449-8618 |