SMEs Performance

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Malliga Marimuthu ◽  
Azizah Omar ◽  
T. Ramayah ◽  
Osman Mohamad
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Internet Marketing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Business ◽  
Business Applications

The importance of the Internet in supporting business applications and attaining competitive advantage through the electronic business (e-business) process is widely acknowledged. However, many SMEs have been slow in adopting the Internet and even those SMEs that have adopted the technology have not fully utilized it to support their business applications. The reason behind this scenario could be the lack of awareness concerning the necessity and possibility of adopting e-business for specific functions along the value chain. Thus, the aims of this study are to investigate the extent of Internet marketing practices to support business applications among SMEs in Malaysia as well as the outcome of Internet marketing implementations on the business performance of SMEs. The results indicate that the usage of Internet varies across the marketing practices and is likely to influence business performance.

Mobile Agents Security Protocols

2013 ◽  
pp. 166-202
Author(s):  
Raja Al-Jaljouli ◽  
Jemal H. Abawajy
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Agents ◽  
Security Protocols ◽  
Trade Negotiations ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Business ◽  
Security Attacks ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Security Properties ◽  
Mobile Agents Security ◽  
Fundamental Requirement

Mobile agents are expected to run in partially unknown and untrustworthy environments. They transport from one host to another host through insecure channels and may execute on non-trusted hosts. Thus, they are vulnerable to direct security attacks of intruders and non-trusted hosts. The security of information the agents collect is a fundamental requirement for a trusted implementation of electronic business applications and trade negotiations. This chapter discusses the security protocols presented in the literature that aim to secure the data mobile agents gather while searching the Internet, and identifies the security flaws revealed in the protocols. The protocols are analyzed with respect to the security properties, and the security flaws are identified. Two recent promising protocols that fulfill the various security properties are described. The chapter also introduces common notations used in describing security protocols and describes the security properties of the data that mobile agents gather.

Advocating Electronic Business and Electronic Commerce in the Global Marketplace

2018 ◽  
pp. 1139-1162
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Electronic Business ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Customer Requirements ◽  
Global Marketplace ◽  
Emerging Trends

This chapter describes the overview of electronic business (e-business), the multifaceted applications of e-business, the importance of e-business in the global marketplace, the overview of electronic commerce (e-commerce), the emerging trends of e-commerce, and the importance of e-commerce in the global marketplace. The utilization of e-business and e-commerce is required for modern organizations that seek to serve suppliers and customers, improve business performance, reinforce competitiveness, and gain continuous effectiveness in the global marketplace. Therefore, it is necessary for modern organizations to advocate their e-business and e-commerce and establish a strategic plan to regularly check their practical advancements toward satisfying customer requirements. The chapter argues that advocating e-business and e-commerce has the potential to enhance organizational performance and gain sustainable competitive advantage in the global marketplace.

Competitive Advantage in Market Space

2013 ◽  
pp. 19-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Riad Shams
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Internet Marketing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Communication Approach

The Internet has been playing a key role to prolifically reach the target market. Simultaneously, the implications of Relationship Marketing (RM) to establish, maintain and enhance competitive advantage in the traditional marketplace are widely recognized. However, because of the online, ongoing, and on time communication approach of the Internet (the market space), the application of RM in the market space evolves as more sensitive than the traditional marketplace. From this context, this chapter attempts to recognize the RM perspectives that are standardized as RM indicators of five grown organizations and have been playing a key role to influence their competitive advantage in the market space. Fifteen RM indicators are attributed from the Internet marketing practices of these organizations that could be utilized to sustainably nurture competitive advantage in the market space. The application of these RM indicators emerges as viable across industries and markets.

Mobile Agents Security Protocols

2012 ◽  
pp. 270-305
Author(s):  
Raja Al-Jaljouli ◽  
Jemal H. Abawajy
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Agents ◽  
Security Protocols ◽  
Trade Negotiations ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Business ◽  
Security Attacks ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Security Properties ◽  
Mobile Agents Security ◽  
Fundamental Requirement

Mobile agents are expected to run in partially unknown and untrustworthy environments. They transport from one host to another host through insecure channels and may execute on non-trusted hosts. Thus, they are vulnerable to direct security attacks of intruders and non-trusted hosts. The security of information the agents collect is a fundamental requirement for a trusted implementation of electronic business applications and trade negotiations. This chapter discusses the security protocols presented in the literature that aim to secure the data mobile agents gather while searching the Internet, and identifies the security flaws revealed in the protocols. The protocols are analyzed with respect to the security properties, and the security flaws are identified. Two recent promising protocols that fulfill the various security properties are described. The chapter also introduces common notations used in describing security protocols and describes the security properties of the data that mobile agents gather.

scholarly journals Internet readiness and e-Business adoption of Canadian value-added wood producers

2002 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A Kozak
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Business ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
High Level ◽  
Willingness To Use ◽  
Do So

This study focuses on results of a facsimile survey sent to value-added wood producers across Canada on their levels of Internet readiness and electronic business (e-Business) adoption. In addition, attitudinal information was collected with respect to companies' willingness to use the Internet as a business tool to facilitate exchange along the supply chain. Findings indicate that, while the use of the Internet is relatively commonplace, the Canadian value-added wood products sector has yet to embrace high level e-Business tools on a wide scale. However, there is a willingness to do so and results clearly point to the fact that most manufacturers expect the Internet to become increasingly important in the context of day-to-day business applications. Key words: value-added wood products, Internet, e-Business, e-Commerce

Advocating Electronic Business and Electronic Commerce in the Global Marketplace

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Electronic Business ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Customer Requirements ◽  
Global Marketplace ◽  
Emerging Trends

This chapter describes the overview of electronic business (e-business), the multifaceted applications of e-business, the importance of e-business in the global marketplace, the overview of electronic commerce (e-commerce), the emerging trends of e-commerce, and the importance of e-commerce in the global marketplace. The utilization of e-business and e-commerce is required for modern organizations that seek to serve suppliers and customers, improve business performance, reinforce competitiveness, and gain continuous effectiveness in the global marketplace. Therefore, it is necessary for modern organizations to advocate their e-business and e-commerce and establish a strategic plan to regularly check their practical advancements toward satisfying customer requirements. The chapter argues that advocating e-business and e-commerce has the potential to enhance organizational performance and gain sustainable competitive advantage in the global marketplace.

scholarly journals Development of Electronic Business From the Historical Point of View of an E-Commerce Concept

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Moossa Gian ◽  
Samuel Ikate
Keyword(s):  
Internet Marketing ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Business ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Dot Com

This article discusses what e-commerce marketing is and how it works. E-commerce marketing is a form of internet marketing that makes use of websites to conduct business or promote online merchandise purchases. Although the presence of e-commerce has a number of benefits, it still has a number of drawbacks, namely. The terms e-company and e-commerce refer to business activities conducted across the internet. Via e-commerce, everybody on Earth has the same prospects and chances to compete and prosper in cyberspace industry. The rapid advancement in technology in the 1990s resulted in the proliferation of e-commerce technologies from numerous businesses, culminating in the commercialization of the Internet and the emergence of dot-com firms, or Internet start-ups.

Competitive Advantage in Market Space

2015 ◽  
pp. 1075-1094
Author(s):  
S. M. Riad Shams
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Internet Marketing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Communication Approach

The Internet has been playing a key role to prolifically reach the target market. Simultaneously, the implications of Relationship Marketing (RM) to establish, maintain and enhance competitive advantage in the traditional marketplace are widely recognized. However, because of the online, ongoing, and on time communication approach of the Internet (the market space), the application of RM in the market space evolves as more sensitive than the traditional marketplace. From this context, this chapter attempts to recognize the RM perspectives that are standardized as RM indicators of five grown organizations and have been playing a key role to influence their competitive advantage in the market space. Fifteen RM indicators are attributed from the Internet marketing practices of these organizations that could be utilized to sustainably nurture competitive advantage in the market space. The application of these RM indicators emerges as viable across industries and markets.

Readiness to Adopt E-Business Among SMEs in Malaysia

2013 ◽  
pp. 18-36
Author(s):  
Malliga Marimuthu ◽  
Azizah Omar ◽  
T. Ramayah ◽  
Osman Mohamad
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Readiness To Adopt ◽  
The Relationship

The adoption of the Internet as a business strategy tool is becoming an important way for firms to expand their business through innovative strategies. This study provides an insight concerning the factors that influence the adoption of the Internet to support business activities, also known as e-business among SMEs in Malaysia. In addition, the study also examines the relationship between e-business adoption and the business performance of the SMEs. Using a structured survey questionnaire, a usable response was received and statistically analyzed from 177 SMEs that currently use e-business. The research found that organizational characteristics, technology characteristics and environmental characteristics influence e-business adoption and that the adoption of e-business has a direct influence on the business performance of the SMEs. The findings of this study can aid and encourage the SMEs in developing countries to build a competitive advantage by using the Internet in their business strategy practices.

PERSPECTIVE AREAS AND DIRECTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE UKRAINE TOURIST SECTOR WITH THE APPLICATION OF MODERN MARKETING TOOLS

2021 ◽  
Vol 298 (5 Part 1) ◽  
pp. 76-81
Author(s):  
VOLODYMYR PANCHENKO ◽  
◽  
ROSTYSLAV BARAN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Internet Marketing ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Marketing Concept ◽  
Marketing System ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Development Of Competencies ◽  
Business Metrics

The article summarizes the features of world tourism development in the context of strengthening globalization processes. It is determined that in the conditions of globalization tourist enterprises should not only improve the existing components of the marketing complex, but also look for innovative areas of strategic development of the effectiveness of the management of the Internet marketing system. The perspective spheres and directions of development of the system of Internet marketing of the enterprises of tourism of Ukraine are systematized. The influence of the development of digital technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic on the transformation of the marketing concept of the tourist product of Ukraine is substantiated. Priority areas for reorientation of the Internet marketing system of tourist enterprises have been identified. The priority directions of development of communication strategy of the system of internet marketing of tourist enterprises are offered. Innovative spheres of development of the system of Internet marketing of tourist enterprises are conceptualized. Among the most important are: development of innovative tourist products; complex and constant integration of innovative technological developments into the value chain; reorientation from e-commerce to m-commerce; development of own online platforms and use of created and offered by world and regional providers – market leaders; development of contextual and targeted Internet advertising; ensuring the development of infrastructure and speed of e-marketing and m-marketing; improving the tools of messenger marketing and promotion on social networks; formation of business metrics; introduction of omnichannel communication; development of competencies and experience of consumers; building communities of participants in the tourism process; clear CRI for internet marketing system.

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