Medical Rehabilitation in Natural Disasters in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Way Forward

As electronic commerce (e-commerce) is becoming the way to trade, it is the large corporations that are exploiting their finances and technical expertise to jump into this abyss. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are finding too many obstacles to participate in e-commerce. SMEs in Asia Pacific in particular, face many obstacles and thus are still not comfortable with the concept of putting their business online, conducting transactions online or revamping entire business processes. This chapter describes the key factors that are hindering SMEs’ participation in e-commerce and the obstacles to SMEs for e-adoption in Asia Pacific. Although this study is limited to the Asia Pacific region many of the findings do contribute significantly to the factors hindering all SMEs’ e-adoption efforts.

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Obstacles to SMEs for E-Adoption in the Asia Pacific Region

Electronic Commerce ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-943-4.ch117 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1466-1473

Author(s):

Sushil K. Sharma ◽

Nilmini Wickramasinghe

Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Business Processes ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

Asia Pacific ◽

Pacific Region ◽

Technical Expertise ◽

Key Factors ◽

Asia Pacific Region ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

The Way

As electronic commerce (e-commerce) is becoming the way to trade, it is the large corporations that are exploiting their finances and technical expertise to jump into this abyss. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are finding too many obstacles to participate in e-commerce. SMEs in Asia Pacific in particular, face many obstacles and thus are still not comfortable with the concept of putting their business online, conducting transactions online or revamping entire business processes. This chapter describes the key factors that are hindering SMEs’ participation in e-commerce and the obstacles to SMEs for e-adoption in Asia Pacific. Although this study is limited to the Asia Pacific region many of the findings do contribute significantly to the factors hindering all SMEs’ e-adoption efforts.

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Defending journalism and the foundations of democracy

Pacific Journalism Review – Te Koakoa ◽

10.24135/pjr.v13i2.900 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 9-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chris Warren

Keyword(s):

Press Freedom ◽

Asia Pacific ◽

Independent Practice ◽

Pacific Region ◽

Asia Pacific Region ◽

Media Freedom ◽

Digital Democracy ◽

Broad Issue ◽

The Pacific ◽

The Way

Even as journalists look forward to the benefits that technology will surely bring to digital democracy and journalism, they need to also reflect on the approaching ‘shadows’. These shadows are cast by three fundamental crises that threaten the free and independent practice of journalism and the very craft of journalism itself. These intertwined crises are: a crisis of press freedom, a crisis of safety and a crisis confronting the way journalists work. These crises are putting pressure on all journalists. But journalists and media workers are fighting back. The two commentaries over the next few pages outline some of these issues from the broad issue of media freedom in the Asia-Pacific region to women’s ‘suitcase’ broadcasting in the Pacific.

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