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E-Commerce and Small Business in Regional Australia

E-Commerce and Small Business in Regional Australia

Wayne Pease, Michelle Rowe
Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 6
ISBN13: 9781591405757|ISBN10: 1591405750|EISBN13: 9781591407911
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch040
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Pease, Wayne, and Michelle Rowe. "E-Commerce and Small Business in Regional Australia." Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, edited by Stewart Marshall, et al., IGI Global, 2005, pp. 227-232. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch040

APA

Pease, W. & Rowe, M. (2005). E-Commerce and Small Business in Regional Australia. In S. Marshall, W. Taylor, & X. Yu (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology (pp. 227-232). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch040

Chicago

Pease, Wayne, and Michelle Rowe. "E-Commerce and Small Business in Regional Australia." In Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, edited by Stewart Marshall, Wal Taylor, and Xinghuo Yu, 227-232. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch040

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Abstract

E-commerce is considered to provide substantial benefits to business, particularly small business. It enables new ways of working to emerge and facilitates an organization’s reengineering. Benefits from e-commerce can be argued to be greater for SMEs (small and medium enterprises) since traditionally they have operated in an uncertain and dynamic environment (Murphy & Daley, 1999; Nooteboom, 1994). Despite this, SMEs generally and especially those in regional areas in Australia, are lagging behind in their adoption of technology, including e-commerce.

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