Factors Influencing the Use of E-Commerce by Small Enterprises in Nigeria

The aim of this article is to assess the factors influencing the use of e-commerce by small enterprises in Nigeria. The study adopts a qualitative methodology which involves in-depth, semi-structured interviews and direct observation in order to derive answers to such questions as ‘why' the system is adopted and ‘how' the Nigeria economic conditions influence the system. The article suggests that the main factors which motivate the adoption of e-commerce by small businesses in Nigeria are market expansion and reduced market costs. The findings also indicate that increasing access to the Internet and changing lifestyle enable the success of e-commerce in Nigeria. The implications of the study are discussed.

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Factors Influencing the adoption of e-commerce by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Algeria: a qualitative study

International Journal on Perceptive and Cognitive Computing ◽

10.31436/ijpcc.v6i2.147 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 8-17

Author(s):

Houache Hassen ◽

Noor Hayani Binti Abd Rahima ◽

Mohamed Jalaldeen Mohamed Razi ◽

Asadullah Shah

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

World Economy ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Legal Protection ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Payment Methods ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

The World ◽

Research Findings ◽

Main Factors

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are regarded as the engine of the growth of the world economy. They had recently experienced rapid growth and improved their business activities in terms of customers’ number and revenue expansion when they began to embrace e-commerce and started using it in their business. However, although there is a growing interest in e-commerce, its use is still insufficient in Algeria. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the factors that influence the adoption of e-commerce by SMEs in Algeria. This study adopts a qualitative methodology which involves in-depth, structured interviews to identify the factors that affect SMEs for the adoption of e-commerce in Algeria. The result of research found the main factors hindering the adoption of e-commerce by SMEs in Algeria are the e-payment methods, non-readiness of banks, lack of legal protection and lack in awareness of the benefits of e-commerce, as well as fear of risks. However, some other elements are less significant to influence the adoption of e-commerce. These research findings will give an addition in terms of bringing and giving a chance to the SMEs' leaders and the Algerian economic officials and a clear view of e-commerce practices. This can help them to design a strategy to remove barriers tactfully to its advantage.

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Health, Ageing Migrants and Care Strategies

Health Culture and Society ◽

10.5195/hcs.2015.207 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 75-86

Author(s):

B. Bäckström

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Health Conditions ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

Active Ageing ◽

Health Issues ◽

Cape Verdean ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Group Status ◽

Thematic Content Analysis ◽

The Relationship

This article is the result of a study that seeks to understand the relationship between socio-economic conditions, health and active ageing. We identified the activities related to active ageing in relation to health, the strategies used in active ageing and their determinants. We chose a qualitative methodology using semi-structured interviews and data processing that consisted of thematic content analysis in interviews. We carried out this analysis in two socio-economic groups of elderly Cape Verdean men and women in both groups making up a total of 22 cases. The socio-economic group interferes directly in the affairs of active ageing rather than health issues. In the higher socio-economic group, status determines active ageing rather than health issues. It is evident that in the group with lower socio-economic conditions, the latter act in parallel with health conditions and both determine activities developed by older people.

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An Examination of the Factors Influencing Consumers’ Visit of C2C Websites

International Journal of Online Marketing ◽

10.4018/ijom.2012070104 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 52-69

Author(s):

Amira Trabelsi Zoghlami ◽

Mourad Touzani

Keyword(s):

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

The Internet ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Critical Success ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Internet Users ◽

Research Studies

Few research studies have tackled the topic of commercial C2C (Consumer-to-consumer) Websites while online C2C exchange are having huge success and attract ever-increasing Internet users. Organisations need to understand the critical success factors for attracting the Internet user’s attention. This article sheds the light on the usage background of Tunisian C2C websites. The main outcome of this work results from a netnographic study followed by twenty three semi-structured interviews with C2C websites’ users. Contrary to the results of other researches which connect the use of C2C Websites to electronic factors, this research provides a framework to add “offline” determinants related to perceptions that are acquired prior to or following the C2C websites’ visit. The factors influencing consumers’ visit of C2C Websites were classified into three major categories: before, while and after visiting the C2C Website. Each category includes factors that were discussed to make managerial recommendations. The authors also expose the major personal and situation factors that may characterize C2C Websites’ users.

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THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF FORMATION AND ESTIMATION OF THE FINANCIAL POTENTIAL OF SMALL ENTERPRISES' INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

International scientific journal Internauka Series Economical Sciences ◽

10.25313/2520-2294-2021-8-7509 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Ruslan Yurkiv ◽

Keyword(s):

Small Businesses ◽

High Rate ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Investment Activity ◽

Investment Projects ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Business Entities ◽

Methodological Principles ◽

Negative Factors

In many countries, small businesses have a significant impact on the total gross domestic product. However, in Ukraine, the opportunities of small businesses to ensure the economic growth of the state are not sufficiently used yet. Among the reasons for this phenomenon is the insufficiently high rate of economic development of domestic small businesses, which, among other things, is due to the low level of investment activity of many small enterprises in Ukraine. In turn, the low volume of investment activity of such enterprises is also because the owners and managers of these enterprises are not competent enough to form and assess the financial potential of investment activities of business entities. Given this, the study aims to develop theoretical and methodological principles for the formation and evaluation of the financial potential of small enterprises’ investment activities. The economic content of the concept of the strategy of formation of the financial potential of small enterprises' investment activity is considered. Classification of factors influencing the magnitude of this potential has been developed. In particular, the primary and secondary, deterministic and non-deterministic, positive and negative factors that are directly or indirectly involved in the formation of the financial potential of small enterprises’ investment activities are highlighted. It is established that the process of such formation involves the transition from the existing to the strategic financial potential of investment activities of economic entities. The main ways of such transition are identified. Indicators for assessing the existing and strategic financial potential of investment activities of small enterprises are proposed. The connection between these indicators is established, and we perform their decomposition. In particular, the amount of the available financial potential of the business entity is presented as the sum of the opportunities to use the company's own funds, as well as obtaining loans and borrowed funds to finance investment projects. The results of the study can be used in planning the investment activities of small enterprises, in particular, in justifying the rational parameters of financial support for these activities.

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An Examination of the Factors Influencing Consumers' Visit of C2C Websites

Cyber Behavior ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-5942-1.ch093 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 1786-1805

Author(s):

Amira Trabelsi Zoghlami ◽

Mourad Touzani

Keyword(s):

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

The Internet ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Critical Success ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Internet Users ◽

Research Studies

Few research studies have tackled the topic of commercial C2C (Consumer-to-consumer) Websites while online C2C exchange are having huge success and attract ever-increasing Internet users. Organisations need to understand the critical success factors for attracting the Internet user's attention. This article sheds the light on the usage background of Tunisian C2C websites. The main outcome of this work results from a netnographic study followed by twenty three semi-structured interviews with C2C websites' users. Contrary to the results of other researches which connect the use of C2C Websites to electronic factors, this research provides a framework to add “offline” determinants related to perceptions that are acquired prior to or following the C2C websites' visit. The factors influencing consumers' visit of C2C Websites were classified into three major categories: before, while and after visiting the C2C Website. Each category includes factors that were discussed to make managerial recommendations. The authors also expose the major personal and situation factors that may characterize C2C Websites' users.

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Pengurusan Perkahwinan Masyarakat Rohingya di Malaysia Menurut Perspektif Undang-Undang dan Syariah

Kanun: Jurnal Undang-undang Malaysia ◽

10.37052/kanun.32(2)no4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 243-274

Author(s):

Zulfaqar Mamat ◽

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Rodziana Mohamed Razali ◽

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Legal Status ◽

Islamic Law ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Federal Agencies ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

Kuala Lumpur ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Library Research ◽

Regulatory Frameworks

A lack of policy and regulatory frameworks to administer and recognize marriage institutions especially among Rohingya refugees in Malaysia gives rise to various legal and social implications, non-compliance with Sharia law, as well as complications in the process of refugee resettlement to third countries. This research aims to discuss this issue including its repercussions from the legal and Sharia perspectives in Malaysia. It employs a qualitative methodology using library research and semi-structured interviews based on the purposive sampling technique with a number of respondents from the Islamic Religious Departments of Selangor, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan. These three states were selected taking into consideration their socio-economic conditions and employment opportunities, which serve as attractive destinations for migrants and refugees from various countries. This study reveals that the unrecognized legal status of refugees complicates the registration of Rohingya marriages in this country. Additionally, state autonomy in setting out the policies, laws and guidelines on the registration of marriages and divorces of Muslim refugees in Malaysia creates divergence in the management of their marriages. A streamlined and detailed set of guidelines should be finalized between the states and the relevant federal agencies so that marriages among Muslim refugees, including the Rohingya, can be better regulated, culminating in preservation of their rights and of Islamic law.

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RESEARCH OF THE ACTIVITY AND FINANCIAL STATE OF SMALL ENTERPRISES IN THE REGIONS OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC IN MARKET CONDITIONS

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA ◽

10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2020.10.05.004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (10) ◽

pp. 22-27

Author(s):

P. M. ABDYKADYROV ◽

Keyword(s):

Small Business ◽

Venture Capital ◽

Public Administration ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Kyrgyz Republic ◽

Market Conditions ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Institutional Uncertainty ◽

Technological Mode

This article includes the results of the author's research on the features of the functioning of small enterprises in the regions of the Kyrgyz Republic and the systematization of factors influencing their development. Today, in the difficult economic conditions of our state, the decisive factor in the development and future of each region is the processes of organizing regional small enterprises in various industries. Un-fortunately, the economic conditions of the Kyrgyz Republic are characterized by the following difficult factors: weak economy of small enterprises, institutional uncertainty, many risks, ineffective public administration, in-sufficient innovation and production, also insufficient technology, underdeveloped venture capital business, legal, legal and regulatory instability, insufficient activity Kyrgyz entrepreneurs in innovative activities, lack of full funding for research, competition and scientific works. In an era of competition and the beginning of the transition to the sixth technological mode, the organization and development of small enterprises at the re-gional level can solve many problems of the country's economy, because no state can cope with the situation without small business.

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Sustainable Innovations in Small Enterprises for the Transformation of the Primary Healthcare Sector

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12166391 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (16) ◽

pp. 6391

Author(s):

Maria Emilsson ◽

Ulf Ernstson ◽

Linn Gustavsson ◽

Ann Svensson

Keyword(s):

Primary Healthcare ◽

Small Businesses ◽

Innovation Process ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Service Development ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Sustainable Innovation ◽

Qualitative Thematic Analysis

Small enterprises face multiple and complex challenges when developing digital technologies. The aim of this article is to explore the role of sustainable innovation in small enterprises in relation to the ongoing transformation of the primary healthcare sector. The purpose is to gain understanding of innovation processes within the framework of sustainable development, applied to a local primary healthcare center. Data were collected through seven semi-structured interviews. A qualitative thematic analysis was conducted. Five themes appeared in relation to the ongoing transformation of the primary healthcare sector: (1) The process of sustainable innovation in a long-term perspective; (2) the companies’ views on innovations in healthcare; (3) effects of innovations in healthcare; (4) sustainable product or service development, and (5) the role of collaboration in the innovation process. The companies expressed a positive attitude to new innovations, as a natural part of developing the companies. The article concludes that incremental development of tools in small businesses supports the transformation of processes and services in the primary healthcare sector. Cross-disciplinary teams in collaboration facilitates the necessary learning and the required creation and sharing of knowledge.

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The Impact of Letter of Intent as Gatekeeping Encounters on Saudi Students Graduate Applications

International Journal of English Language Teaching ◽

10.5430/ijelt.v5n2p12 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 12

Author(s):

Maha Abdulwahed Alzahrani

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Saudi Students ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Main Factors ◽

The Impact

This qualitative study examines the challenges faced by Saudi students in the process of applying to graduateprograms while studying in an anglophone country. Through the lens of gatekeeping scholarship, this study sought toshed light on the role of letter of intent on predicting the success of Saudi students with their graduate programsapplications. Writing a letter of intent in one of the main factors influencing students’ applications. Data collectedwas mainly through semi-structured interviews and analysis of the students’ letters of intent. In conclusion, theletters of intent were found to be one of the defining factors in successful graduate applications

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