Strategic uses of e-commerce by SMEs in the east of England
By: DREW, Stephen
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ArticlePublisher: European School of Management, Subject(s): E-business | Comércio Eletrônico | SMEs | Internet | Digital Business | Reino UnidoEuropean Management Journal v.21 n.1 2003, p. pp.79-88Abstract: Small- to medium sized businesses (SMEs) are emerging as significant Internet users and like their larger counterparts increasingly adopting e-commerce. This research suggest that SMEs in different industry sectors may adopt different strategies for e-commerce and have different needs for training and support. It also explores the possibility that the Internet may not be an unmitigated blessing. It can pose both a threat and an opportunity for SME business strategies. Survey results in the eastern England region of the UK show that despite recent setbacks to the dot-com sector, SMEs are placing e-commerce at the centre of their technology and corporate strategies and plan to use the Internet as a means for achieving transformational change
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Small- to medium sized businesses (SMEs) are emerging as significant Internet users and like their larger counterparts increasingly adopting e-commerce. This research suggest that SMEs in different industry sectors may adopt different strategies for e-commerce and have different needs for training and support. It also explores the possibility that the Internet may not be an unmitigated blessing. It can pose both a threat and an opportunity for SME business strategies. Survey results in the eastern England region of the UK show that despite recent setbacks to the dot-com sector, SMEs are placing e-commerce at the centre of their technology and corporate strategies and plan to use the Internet as a means for achieving transformational change
v.21 n.1 2003
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