Section I: Electronic Commerce Initiatives and Policy Implications in Different Countries in the World 1. The Government and eGovernance: A Policy Perspective on Small Businesses in New Zealand - Nabeel A. Y. Al-Qirim e Brian J. Corbitt 2. Building Infrastructure for SME Adoption of E-Business: The Canadian Experience - Dawn N. Jutla 3. Helping SMEs to Engage in Eetronic Commerce: The Dutch Way - Maria-Eugenia Iacob, Piet Boekhoudt e Freek Ebeling 4. E-Commerce as a Business Enabler for Small and Medium Size Enterprises: Issues and Perspectives from Singapore - Leo Tan Wee Him e R. Subramaniam 5. An SME Experience of E-Commerce: Some Considerations for Policy Formulation in Australia - Stephen B. Chau e Paul Turner 6. Obstacles to SMEs for E-Adoption in the Asia Pacific Region - Sushil K. Sharma e Nilmini Wickramasinghe 7. Formulating Policy on E-Commerce and Trade for SME in the Asia Pacific Region: An APEC Study - John Breen, Suzanne Bergin-Seers, Stephen Burgess, Gordon Campbell, Muhammad Mahmood e Robert Sims 8. EU E-Commerce Policies: Enhancing the Competitiveness of SMEs Through Innovation - Anne Wiggins Section II: Policy Implication for Networked SMEs in Supply Chain 9. B2B E-Commerce Infrastructure Success Factors for Small Companies in Developing Economies - Murray E. Jennex, Don Amoroso e Olayelçe Adelakun 10. Comparison of Factors Pertaining to the Adoption and Non-Adoption of Electronic Commerce in Formally Networked and Non-Networked Regional SMEs: A Study of Swedish Small Businesses - Robert MacGregor, Lejla Vrazalic, Deborah Bunker, Sten Carlsson e Monika Magnusson 11. Bridging B2B E-Commerce Gaps for Taiwanese SMEs: Issues of Government Support and Policies - Yu Chung William Wang e Michael S. H. Heng Section III: Policy Push and Monitoring 12. Providing Information for Business: Government Strategy for the Online World - Tanya Castleman e Marina Cavill 13. Government Promotion of E-Commerce in SMEs: The Australian Government's ITOL Program - G. Michael McGrath e Elizabeth More