Many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been under pressures from large firms to implement Business-to-Business e-commerce (B2B ecommerce) information systems. However, these SMEs have faced various challenges to do so in the supply chain. This chapter explains the role of Taiwanese government in supporting SMEs in implementing e-commerce by analysing the interactions of government teams ...

Whilst E-Commerce is spreading world-wide, many Muslims are wondering whether this new form of commerce is acceptable from the Syariah (Islamic Law) point of view. Thus, this research paper is meant to study the Islamic perspectives in e-commerce, particularly in its transaction, as well as the rights of the producers and customers. Issues on the legality of E-Commerce in Islam are examined to ...

INTRODUCTION In the past few years, collaborative commerce (c-commerce) has been widely touted by practitioners and has caught researchers' attention. The business press constantly reported successful stories of c-commerce in which companies in various industries employed collabo-rative technologies to reap potential benefits. A recent report on the software market for c-commerce indicated that...

Whilst E-Commerce is spreading world-wide, many Muslims are wondering whether this new form of commerce is acceptable from the Syariah (Islamic Law) point of view. Thus, this research paper is meant to study the Islamic perspectives in e-commerce, particularly in its transaction, as well as the rights of the producers and customers. Issues on the legality of E-Commerce in Islam are examined to ...

Mobile phone usage and its adoption have been growing at exponential rates. It is this exponential growth rate that has led many to predict Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce) as the next major evolution of Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce). While M-Commerce comes rich with unique features, it is currently lacking in usage when compared to traditional e-commerce. There are many challenges that must be ...

Electronic business (e-business) conducts many activities of a traditional business process by using information and communication technologies. E-business is usually done through the Internet and intranets. As a part of e-business, electronic commerce (e-commerce) handles the process of buying and selling goods and services between business and consumers (B2C e-commerce). E-commerce evolved to...

The purpose of this article is to provide a general overview on mobile commerce research with a focus on mobile commerce continuance usage intention studies. It highlights the phenomenon of mobile commerce industry as well as the conceptual definition of mobile commerce itself. It is then followed by a discussion on selected previous mobile commerce studies. In order to fill in the gap in the c...

E-commerce marketing plays an important role in the development of e-commerce. However, many e-commerce marketing types are obscure, excessive and exaggerated. If some consumers buy and use inappropriate products or services, the consumers may suffer from greater losses. As a result, these marketing types are not sustainable, and also hinder the development of e-commerce. Research on optimizing...

by the explosive growth of b2b e-commerce transactions in international supply chains and the rapid increase of business documents in iran’s cross-border trading, effective management of trade processes over borders is vital in b2b e-commerce systems. structure of the localized model in this paper is based on three major layers of a b2b e-commerce infrastructure, which are messaging layer, busi...