Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges

Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges

Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 442

ISBN13: 9781591403548|ISBN10: 1591403545|EISBN13: 9781591403562|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781591403555

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-354-8

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Most of the literature covering electronic business focuses on the developed world. Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges provides a chance to get to know more electronic business applications, successes, failures, challenges and opportunities in the developing world. These studies are gaining importance for future development of globalization, global trade and cultural dissemination.

Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges tackles these issues with a vision to the future on how to bridge these gaps and the barriers between the different corners of the world.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapters

Chapter 1

Electronic Business in Developing Countries: The Digitalization of Bad Practices (pages 1-35)

Carlos Ferran, Ricardo Salim

This chapter uses information theory to study the effect of the Internet and e-business over the digital divide. It develops a framework that defines four types of information technologies and Internets based on four dimensions of...

Chapter 2

Role of Culture in Electronic Business Diffusion in Developing Countries (pages 36-44)

Marwa M. Hafez

This chapter includes discussions pertaining to the role of culture in influencing electronic business diffusion in developing countries. In this chapter, the author discusses specific cultural factors and their influences on the...

Chapter 3

International E-Commerce: Language, Cultural, Legal and Infrastructure Issues, Challenges and Solutions (pages 45-62)

Magdi N. Kamel

The phenomenal worldwide growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web has made it an important vehicle for both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) commerce. While the Web offers great opportunities for...

Chapter 4

E-Commerce Infrastructure and Economic Impacts in Developing Countries: Case of India (pages 63-87)

Varadharajan Sridhar, Kala S. Sridhar

This chapter presents a conceptual model that explains how e-commerce adoption in developing countries is affected by various infrastructure enablers and socio-economic variables. It describes the status of infrastructure enabler...

Chapter 5

E-Marketplace Adoption Success Factors: Challenges and Opportunities for a Small Developing Country (pages 88-117)

Andreja Pucihar, Mateja Podlogar

This chapter introduces e-marketplace adoption success factors as a challenge and opportunity for a small developing country. The chapter offers insights into e-marketplace definitions with e-marketplaces’ business models and...

Chapter 6

E-Commerce Activity, Opportunities, and Strategies in Latin America (pages 118-141)

Raul Gouvea, Dante Di Gregorio, Suleiman K. Kasicieh

In this chapter, we analyze international differences in e-commerce activity and strategies within Latin America and between Latin and non-Latin markets. Starting at a macro-level, we compare e-commerce activity and Internet-related...

Chapter 7

Assessing Job Seekers' Acceptance of Online Recruitment in Egypt (pages 142-169)

Nahed Azab

The development in information and communication technology had an implication on Internet adoption growth rate and especially on Web technology use. The evolution of the online recruitment industry closely parallels such development...

Chapter 8

Evolution of Telecommunications and Mobile Communications in India: A Synthesis in the Transition from Electronic to Mobile Business (pages 170-192)

Chandana Unnithan, Bardo Fraunholz

Electronic business is a concept that has been adopted by businesses all over the world. The developing world takes it as a viable economic opportunity to catch up with other economies. A significant underlying factor in this...

Chapter 9

Critical Success Factors for E-Brokerage: An Exploratory Study in the Brazilian Market (pages 193-213)

Allan M. De Campos Costa, Luiz A. Joia

The scope of this chapter is to investigate the critical factors for the success of stock brokerage processes via the Web, using financial portals on the Brazilian Internet, from the perspective of the investor. The framework of the...

Chapter 10

E-Readiness and Successful E-Commerce Diffusion in Developing Countries (pages 214-233)

Alemayehu Molla

This chapter explores the impact of organizational and environmental e-readiness factors on the successful diffusion of e-commerce. It presents a conceptual framework of e-readiness and e-commerce success, identifies the constructs...

Chapter 11

An Overview of E-Commerce Security and Critical Issues for Developing Countries (pages 234-245)

Pierre F. Tiako, Irénée N. Tiako

Deficient information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure, lack of awareness on e-commerce issues, network payment and secure transaction services present enormous challenges to developing countries. For e-commerce to...

Chapter 12

Venturing the Unexplored: E-Readiness Assessment of Small and Medium Enterprises in Egypt (pages 246-264)

Nagla Rizk

This chapter adopts a micro approach towards assessing the e-readiness of small and medium enterprises in the textile industry in Egypt. The analysis focuses on evaluating firms’ level of connectivity, awareness and usage of ICTs and...

Chapter 13

Offshore Outsourcing: An E-Commerce Reality (Opportunity for Developing Countries) (pages 265-282)

Purva Kansal, Amit Kumar Kaushik

In an attempt to influence their pace of development, developing countries around the world try and influence the rate of investment (especially foreign private investments) in their economy. These countries attempt to influence...

Chapter 14

Adoption and Implementation Obstacles of E-Banking Services: An Empirical Investigation of the Omani Banking Industry (pages 283-302)

Abdulwahed Mohammed Khalfan, Abdullah Akbar

All forms of business organizations are being drawn into e-commerce and e-business. Electronic commerce is a powerful new way of conducting business and one that has presented many opportunities for enterprises and consumers. Yet...

Chapter 15

Open Sourcing E-Learning for Developing Countries (pages 303-326)

Ronald M. Lee, Manfred Zielinski, Ramanathan Somasundaram

A critical success factor for developing countries is advancing their intellectual capacity. Nearly all aspects of economic development depend on the ability of individuals to extend their understanding of their business, suppliers...

Chapter 16

Strategic and Operational Values of E-Commerce Investments in Jordanian SMEs (pages 327-348)

Ala M. Abu-Samaha

This chapter aims to articulate lessons learned from a quantitative study of Internet Technology use in Jordan. To do so, a questionnaire was devised to measure the business value and strategic advantages of being online for...

Chapter 17

E-Commerce Infrastructure in Developing Countries (pages 349-375)

Aladdin Moawad Sleem

This chapter provides an overview of the existing e-commerce infrastructure in Developing Countries. A comprehensive survey of all the technologies used in e-commerce is introduced at the beginning of the chapter followed by a...

Chapter 18

E-Commerce Longitudinal Case Study from Ukraine (pages 376-391)

Murray E. Jennex, Donald L. Amoroso

The need to develop a strategy for e-business applications is an important facet of doing business, especially where organizations can provide value-added services to the customer base. In this chapter, we identify key value-added...

Chapter 19

E-Business in India: Early Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Industry (pages 392-410)

Rajeev Dwivedi, Sushil, K. Momaya

Business and industries have faced several changes from the agriculture society to information society. The recent change is due to Information Technology (IT) affecting many businesses and industries. It is changing the nature of...

Chapter 20

Challenges and Opportunities for Information Brokers in Brazil: A Study of Informational Needs of Southern-Brazilian Enterprises When Expanding Their Businesses (pages 411-427)

Eusebio Scornavacca Jr., Joao Luiz Becker, Stuart J. Barnes

Information is no longer just a control tool for managers — it is a basic resource as important as raw materials or the human resource. Consequently, it is a significant managerial responsibility to decide which kind of information...

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