The Adoption of E-commerce in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
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It is without a doubt that Internet has immensely helped the growth of e-commerce businesses. Thesmall and medium enterprises (SMEs) are businesses with lower number of employees than a giventhreshold. Theterm is generallyusedbyorganizationssuch as EuropeanUnion, United Nations, World Trade Organization, World Bank andso on. Inthispaper, we present the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have adopted the Internet and e-commerce.
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