The Role of SMEs in Promoting Electronic Commerce in Communities

Popular Media ◽

The Internet ◽

Customer Base ◽

Short Period ◽

Global Nature ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

Virtual Business

The primary emphasis of much of the literature on electronic commerce (EC) is on its global nature. The literature is replete with examples of companies that, over a relatively short period of time, made a successful transition from a local, small business, to a global enterprise, with customers and suppliers based all over the world. The literature in EC, both in the popular media and the learned journals, attributes this phenomenon to the fact that with access to the Internet, many businesses can sell globally without having to make an investment in “bricks and mortar.” The rhetoric that EC is free from constraints of geography is, however, contradicted by a growing evidence that, particularly for small and medium enterprises (defined in this chapter as “organizations with less than 500 employees”), business on the Internet is not necessarily as profitable and risk free as it is supposed to be. Establishing an EC “shop-front” may be a relatively painless exercise, but having prospective customers notice that shop-front, having them actually transact with the virtual business, and setting the business so that it successfully copes with the demands of a virtual customer base are all challenges that most small and medium enterprises (SMEs) find difficult to meet.

Electronic Commerce Opportunities, Challenges and Organizational Issues for Australian SMEs

Creating Business Value with Information Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-038-7.ch014 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 297-314

Author(s):

Mohini Singh

Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Small Businesses ◽

Process Reengineering ◽

The Internet ◽

Organizational Issues ◽

Integrated Environment ◽

Technological Developments ◽

Research Findings ◽

Australian small businesses are increasingly adopting the Internet and the World Wide Web as a medium of doing business to reach new customers and suppliers, cut costs and expand business. They also use it to enhance communication between buyers and suppliers. This chapter discusses the findings of an exploratory study in Australia that identified the objectives, opportunities and challenges of e-commerce experienced by small businesses that were mostly early adopters of the Internet as a medium of trade. E-commerce issues presented in this chapter include research findings, supported by theory from literature. Electronic commerce opportunities, challenges and organizational learning by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Australia indicate that small businesses have created value with e-commerce, although benefits are long term and dependent on a plethora of technological, business and management issues that need to be addressed. Due to the fast-evolving nature of e-business and technological developments that are new to many small businesses, challenges such as managing the expanded flow of information, cross-border taxation, authentication, trust and security, as well as the high costs of acquiring the required technologies and skills, are prevalent. Other challenges of e-commerce range from Web site maintenance to business process reengineering for an integrated environment. Research findings also highlight the fact that small businesses need formal methods of evaluating the performance of e-commerce to realize the benefits of investment and to further expand their e-commerce venture.

The Role of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Recovery of the National Economic

Syiah Kuala Law Journal ◽

10.24815/sklj.v5i2.22071 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 238-251

Author(s):

Ikhsan Lubis

Keyword(s):

Economic Recovery ◽

The Internet ◽

Considerable Influence ◽

Conceptual Approach ◽

National Economic ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

Descriptive Approach ◽

The application of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has a considerable influence in contributing and developing as the main supporter in the implementation of National Economic Recovery (NER) programs. This paper leads to a qualitative descriptive approach. This research has been developed using a literature review approach. This conceptual approach is carried out by referring to sources, namely books, journals and the internet.” The research design uses descriptive qualitative which can be interpreted that a series of activities aimed at getting the results of the research as it is at the conclusion. problems that exist with existing policies in order to realize the program from (NER) and as a result of the Covid19 pandemic, there are still some obstacles and problems in the protection and empowerment of cooperatives and MSMEs.

Stakeholder Relationships and Electronic Commerce

E-Commerce and Cultural Values ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-056-1.ch007 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 149-166

Author(s):

Chia Yao Lee ◽

Wei-Chang Kong

Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Consumer Products ◽

The Internet ◽

Stakeholder Relationships ◽

Business To Consumer ◽

Narrow Definition ◽

Definition Of ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

Business To Business

E-commerce is often associated with the buying and selling of consumer products over the Internet. While this narrow definition of e-commerce is correct, many other commerce and business activities also fall under the term “e-commerce”. The stakeholders who create commerce, either actively or passively construct and determine the nature of the commercial relationship. The aim of this chapter is to suggest the e-commerce Differentiation Framework, which uses the nature and activities of stakeholders to distinguish between the two major types of e-commerce, namely Business-to-Business (B2B) e-commerce and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-commerce. This framework will use examples of e-commerce in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore and Australia. The study was carried out in these two countries over a period of four months in 1999.

Support of local entrepreneurship: An empirical investigation for Serres-Greece

Spatium ◽

10.2298/spat1329016b ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 16-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chrysanthi Balomenou ◽

Marianthi Maliari

Keyword(s):

Empirical Investigation ◽

Local Development ◽

The Internet ◽

The European Union ◽

Greek Language ◽

Moral Hazards ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

The Eu

This paper is divided into two parts, one theoretical and one empirical. The research deals with entrepreneurs that received loans from National Fund for Entrepreneurship and Development (ETEAN in Greek language). ETEAN provided enterprises with non interest or low interest loans based on state guarantees. The main objective of this research is to examine the project\'s effectiveness and its contribution into local development on Regional Unity of Serres, Central Macedonia, Greece. The first part is divided into two sections. A comparative analysis of guarantees to small and medium enterprises (SME?s) is presented in the first part referring to the European Union and in the second part to Greece. Particularly, in the first section of our paper presented data concerning guarantees provided in the EU. At the second section presented data which indicate the role of ETEAN?s programs into the contribution of local development in Greece and the moral hazards due to state provided guarantees. Furthermore, obstacles that entrepreneurs face when they applied for guarantee loans are analyzed in this part. Our data were extracted during the last three years by the extensive use of web links on the internet. Most data were taken from the websites of above mentioned ETEAN, the Pan-European Gateway to Business and Innovation Financing, the Gateway to European Research and Development and B.I.S. At the second part presented the results of our research based on 200 entrepreneurs in Serres who receive loans from ETEAN. The results analyzed with the use of descriptive statistical methods and correlations. It is noticeable that businessmen?s answers are similar to those deduced from the results of the researches that have been referred to in bibliography. In the final part of this paper the main conclusion is pointed out and that is that those programs which provide enterprises low interest or non interest loans support local development.

Electronic Commerce Opportunities, Challenges and Organizational Issues for Australian SMEs

Managing Information Technology in Small Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-930708-35-8.ch018 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 316-333

Author(s):

Mohini Singh

Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Small Businesses ◽

The Internet ◽

Organizational Issues ◽

Integrated Environment ◽

Technological Developments ◽

Research Findings ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

Flow Of Information

Australian small businesses are increasingly adopting the Internet and the World Wide Web as a medium of doing business to reach new customers and suppliers, cut costs and expand business. They also use it to enhance communication between buyers and suppliers. This chapter discusses the findings of an exploratory study in Australia that identified the objectives, opportunities and challenges of e-commerce experienced by small businesses that were mostly early adopters of the Internet as a medium of trade. E-commerce issues presented in this chapter include research findings, supported by theory from literature. Electronic commerce opportunities, challenges and organizational learning by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Australia indicate that small businesses have created value with e-commerce, although benefits are long term and dependent on a plethora of technological, business and management issues that need to be addressed. Due to the fast-evolving nature of e-business and technological developments that are new to many small businesses, challenges such as managing the expanded flow of information, cross-border taxation, authentication, trust and security, as well as the high costs of acquiring the required technologies and skills, are prevalent. Other challenges of e-commerce range from Web site maintenance to business process re-engineering for an integrated environment. Research findings also highlight the fact that small businesses need formal methods of evaluating the performance of e-commerce to realize the benefits of investment and to further expand their e-commerce venture.

Rhetoric of Private Healthcare Offers Presented to SMEs over the Internet

Handbook of Research on Developments in E-Health and Telemedicine ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-670-4.ch026 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 546-578

Author(s):

Jerzy Kisielnicki ◽

Tomasz Ochinowski ◽

Yu Ho Fang

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Rhetorical Analysis ◽

Medical Services ◽

The Internet ◽

Care Systems ◽

Rhetorical Structures ◽

The chapter aims at determining through a rhetorical analysis the extent in which private medical services are offered to small and medium enterprises over the Internet. The multidisciplinary approach to e-health systems is stressed. Authors present a short description of contemporary changes in health care – client relation as well as the Internet influence on human activity, particularly focused on virtualization of SME and new challenges for medical practice and the medical services market. Rhetorical approach as research methodology is described at length. Subsequently, online offers of four international private medical companies are undergo analysis: two operating in Taiwan and two operating in Poland. Cases from countries of different culture, dissimilar health care systems, a different role of small and medium enterprises and a different level of technology and information systems have been chosen for comparison. The research shows how Internet offers reflect classical rhetorical structures and cultural diversity on the rhetorical level. Internet as e-health medium, from the rhetorical perspective, seems to be still used in very traditional, mainly profit-oriented way.

An Electronic Commerce Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises

Data Warehousing and Web Engineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-931777-02-5.ch015 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 257-265

Author(s):

Anne Banks Pidduck ◽

Quang Ngoc Tran

Keyword(s):

World Wide Web ◽

Small Business ◽

Electronic Commerce ◽

World Wide ◽

The Internet ◽

The World ◽

The accessibility of the Internet and the World Wide Web has provided an excellent means for presenting, disseminating and distributing information. As well, this is a new and convenient channel for businesses to reach customers and other businesses. In this chapter, we describe an electronic commerce framework for small business. We discuss various services that a typical small business may want to provide its customers. Possible technologies to implement the services are examined and, finally, a prototype to generate such a model will be suggested.

Electronic Commerce Applications among Indian Small and Medium Enterprises

Information Management and Business Review ◽

10.22610/imbr.v2i6.908 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (6) ◽

pp. 276-286 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi ◽

Seyed Mohammad Sadeq Khaksar . ◽

Bairagi Kachardas Pitamber .

Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Support Service ◽

Operational Performance ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

The Internet ◽

Electronic Advertising ◽

The cutting edge for business today is electronic commerce. The main vehicle of electronic commerce unequivocally is the Internet and the World Wide Web. With the rapid advancement in the Internet software and hardware and the infrastructure, the electronic commerce is also becoming more and more popular. Many large corporations, small and medium companies and individuals are investing more and more in the Internet business. The main purpose of this paper is to study the effect of e-commerce applications on the operational performance of small and medium enterprises. There are many different types of e-commerce usages that may influence operational performances; in this research we group them according to five different categories: electronic advertising, payment system, marketing, customer support service, order and delivery. For analyzing the data derived from questionnaire, Goodness of Fit Tests and Structural Equation Modeling/Path Analysis were used and the softwareâ€™s which has been used for analyzing the data were LISREL 8.54 and SPSS 18. Survey is considered to be the most appropriate and suitable for this study. According to statistical analysis in this research the results indicates that the electronic commerce applications has been influential on the operational performance in the Indian SMEs.

Peran Lembaga Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Mustahik Baznas Dalam Meningkatkan Kesejahteraan Ekonomi Mustahik

Al-Kharaj : Jurnal Ekonomi, Keuangan & Bisnis Syariah ◽

10.47467/alkharaj.v4i2.687 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 477-494

Author(s):

Ali Idrus ◽

Ade Maman

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Collection ◽

Business Development ◽

Economic Welfare ◽

Descriptive Data ◽

One of the solutions proposed by Badan Amil Zakat Nasional is to form Lembaga Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Mustahik which has the task of improving the quality of life of mustahik through its programs. So, the purpose of this study is to find out how the role of Lembaga Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Mustahik Badan Amil Zakat Nasional in improving the economic welfare of mustahik. This study uses qualitative research methods that produce descriptive data. Where this research is based on observations made by the author and then explained according to what the author observed in the field. The data collection that the researchers did was using the method of observation, documentary interviews, and other data. When the data has been collected, the researcher conducts an analysis and then draws conclusions from the analysis. The results of this study are Lembaga Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Mustahik BAZNAS plays a role in the development of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and focuses on potential creative businesses, empowers by providing business development capital assistance, in accordance with the budget draft proposed by mustahik, and approved by LPEM BAZNAS. Keywords: The Role of LPEM BAZNAS, Mustahik's Economic Welfare

Effects of cloud computing assimilation on supply chain financing risks of SMEs

Journal of Enterprise Information Management ◽

10.1108/jeim-11-2020-0461 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Qiang Lu ◽

Jinliang Chen ◽

Hua Song ◽

Xiangyu Zhou

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Integration ◽

Content Type ◽

Supply Chain Financing ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how cloud computing assimilation reduces supply chain financing (SCF) risks of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study also investigated the mediating roles of internal and external supply chain integration between cloud computing assimilation and the SCF risks of SMEs, as well as the moderating role of environmental competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected from surveys of SMEs located in China. Multiple regression analysis was used to validate the proposed theoretical model and research hypotheses. Findings The findings show that cloud computing assimilation could reduce the SCF risks of SMEs directly. The results also indicate that both internal and external supply chain integration mediate the relationship between cloud computing assimilation and SCF risks. Furthermore, environmental competitiveness inhibits the effects of cloud computing assimilation on SCF risks. Originality/value To our best knowledge, this is the preliminary study to explore the role of cloud computing assimilation in reducing the SCF risks of SMEs. Also, this study attempted to investigate the process by which cloud computing assimilation affects the SCF risks of SMEs.