Can China Promote Electronic Commerce through Law Reform? Some Preliminary Case Study Evidence

The objective of this chapter is to explore the implementation of e-commerce in an Egyptian organization. It reports on a longitudinal case study in an Egyptian organization (TexCo) that implemented Business-to-Business (B-to-B) electronic commerce. Following a change in leadership, TexCo was subject to a process of questioning the traditional ways of doing things. This process resulted in realizing planning, decision-making, and control problems within the company. The B-to-B system was chosen to introduce new control-based rules. However, the change was faced with resistance from TexCo's distributors. It is posited that various power strategies were used to ameliorate covert and overt resistance. Over time, the management accounting practices in TexCo changed towards greater decision support and control. B-to-B electronic commerce improved planning, decision-making, and control in TexCo.

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Buy the Book: Electronic Commerce in the Book Trade

Journal of Information Technology ◽

10.1177/026839629901400309 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 295-301

Author(s):

Claudia Loebbecke ◽

Philip Powell ◽

Carl Gallagher

Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Service Provision ◽

Web Site ◽

Electronic Publishing ◽

Global Market ◽

Internet Service ◽

Set Up ◽

Background Detail ◽

The Impact

Exploitation of the World Wide Web (WWW) is a pipedream for many businesses, as they do not or cannot analyse their motives for having a web site. Many do not understand that there is more to a successful web site than having a corporate logo on a home page. They do not foresee the effort that goes into maintaining a web site, the increased competition from exposure to a ‘global market’ via the Internet and the impact a web site will have on the existing business. This case study allows analysis of the opportunities and risks of launching electronic commerce (EC) services in the case of the Co-op Bookshop, Australia's largest academic bookseller. The case describes Co-op's difficult progression to a profitable WWW presence and investigates potential developments due to growing competition from ‘global players’ and increasing amalgamation between bookselling over the WWW and electronic publishing. The case outlines the four possibilities by which a firm can profit from its Internet activities and transfers these general benefits to Internet service provision by bookstores. In particular, it directs attention to thinking of the core goals of the business, how a WWW presence helps to meet these goals and whether the introduction of a web site changes the direction of the business. This leads to a consideration of the nature of the web site. The case study allows exploration of the current customers and markets and why the firm focuses on these. Further, there are the issues of the resources required to set up and maintain a web site, how the site may be integrated into the existing business and its growth path. These issues are explored and modelled in the teaching notes and further background detail is given.

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International Income Taxation of Cross-Border Electronic Commerce Transactions - A United States-German-New Zealand Case Study

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.829664 ◽

2005 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Georg Seitz

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New Zealand ◽

Electronic Commerce ◽

Income Taxation ◽

Cross Border

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The Drivers of Repurchase Intention in Electronic Commerce: A Case Study of Indonesian Buyers

2019 International Conference of Computer Science and Information Technology (ICoSNIKOM) ◽

10.1109/icosnikom48755.2019.9111561 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Winarto ◽

Maludin Panjaitan ◽

Anton Atno Parluhutan Sinaga ◽

Rasmulia Sembiring ◽

Kristanty Marina Natalia Nadapdap ◽

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Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Repurchase Intention

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Operational manifestations of institutional dysfunction in post-apartheid South Africa

Water Policy ◽

10.2166/wp.2016.211 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 998-1014 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jai K. Clifford-Holmes ◽

Carolyn G. Palmer ◽

Chris J. de Wet ◽

Jill H. Slinger

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Water Resource Management ◽

Law Reform ◽

Reform Process ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

Transdisciplinary Approach ◽

Fine Grained ◽

The Republic ◽

Effective Water

At the centre of the water law reform process initiated by the first democratic government of the Republic of South Africa (RSA) lay the challenge of transforming away from apartheid water injustices. Reform culminated in the promulgation of new legislation, regarded internationally as ambitious and forward-thinking legislation reflective of the broad aims of integrated water resource management (IWRM). However, implementation of this legislation has been challenging. This paper analyses institutional dysfunction in water management in the Sundays River Valley Municipality (Eastern Cape Province, RSA). A transdisciplinary approach is taken in addressing the failure of national law and policy to enable the delivery of effective water services in post-apartheid RSA. A case study is used to explore interventions to promote effective water supply, locating these interventions and policies within the legislative structures and frameworks governing the water sector. We suggest that fine-grained institutional analysis together with learning from persistent iterative, adaptive practice, with principled goals intact, offers a pragmatic and achievable alternative to grand-scale policy change.

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