By combining two independent research streams, we examined the determinant factors of strategic value and adoption of electronic commerce as perceived by top managers in small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in the midwest region of the US. We proposed a research model that suggested three factors that have been found to be influential in previous research in the perception of strategic valu...

Business-to-consumer e-commerce transactions continue to increase rapidly while many sites are shutting down. This situation prompts both researchers and managers to wonder what e-commerce strategies retailers are applying to compete successfully. The current study used an email and Web-based survey of 458 retailers from two major portals to identify the benefits of their e-commerce sites. A cl...

Electronic commerce or business is more than just another way to sustain or enhance existing business practices. Rather, e-commerce is a paradigm shift. It is a `̀ disruptive’’ innovation that is radically changing the traditional way of doing business. The industry is moving so fast because it operates under totally different principles and work rules in the digital economy. A general rule in e...

: With the fast development of the E-commerce, it becomes critical to set up an E-commerce Evaluation criteria system. Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process is a new multi-criteria evaluation method evolved from Saaty’s AHP. This paper aimed to find out the key factors that affect success in E-commerce using fuzzy AHP, and give an evaluation method for E-commerce in order to help researches and mana...

We investigate an e-commerce stages of growth model in a cross-cultural business context for small Chinese firms in New Zealand. Research findings from 14 case studies show that the Chinese owners/managers of these small firms have a high power distance, and their attitude toward e-commerce technology directly influences their firms’ e-commerce growth process. It was found that the higher the s...

The association between e-commerce barriers and gender has not been explored in-depth, even though it has implications for the adoption of this technology. This paper aims to add insight into how male and female SME owners/managers perceive different ecommerce barriers. The findings of a survey of 207 SMEs in Australia are presented, and show that females perceive technical issues to be a more ...

in the present-day world, the concept of internationalization plays a significant role in organizational achievements. therefore, it is crucial to identify the factors affecting the readiness of small and medium-sized enterprises to enter international markets. based on the conceptual model, environmental factors have been divided into external (macro and micro environment) and internal factors...

the current study aims to examine and identify team performance dimensions and factors in iran’s public organizations. for this purpose, exploratory method was used and data were gathered through quantitative approach. the targeted population consisted of two parts including experts in the field and managers and experts in public organizations in ilam. the sample size included twelve (12) exper...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of e-commerce marketing capabilities in enhancing Iranian carpet export capabilities via a paradigmatic model. In fact, the present study seeks to identify various factors that may influence the role of electronic marketing capabilities in promoting Iranian carpet export capacity. The identified strategies obtained from the paradigmatic model...