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Diffusion and Impacts of the Internet and E-commerce in China
| Venue: | Electronic Markets, Volume 14, Number |
| Citations: | 3 - 0 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Tan_diffusionand,
author = {Zixiang (alex Tan and Wu Ouyang},
title = {Diffusion and Impacts of the Internet and E-commerce in China},
booktitle = {Electronic Markets, Volume 14, Number},
year = {},
pages = {25--35}
}
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Abstract
E-commerce diffusion has apparently taken different paths in different nations. This is partially because of the significant implications of national technology and the political and economic environments for e-commerce adoption. In this paper, both the diffusion and the impacts of ecommerce in China are examined based on the results of a large-scale survey conducted in 10 countries, including China. The survey focused on three sectors – manufacturing, wholesale/retail, and banking/insurance. The paper also compares the Chinese case with the global trend drawn from the 10-country survey. Findings lead to the conclusion that Chinese firms have started to build up e-commerce technology infrastructure and to create a web presence. However, they fall behind in conducting actual e-commerce transactions mostly because of barriers in business, legal, and cultural perspectives that fail to accommodate the technology progress. In addition, the three surveyed sectors, manufacturing, wholesale/retail, and banking/insurance, appear to follow quite different paths in adopting e-commerce. There are also differences between large firms and SMEs regarding e-commerce diffusion strategies and impacts. 2
Keyphrases
different path banking insurance economic environment web presence e-commerce diffusion chinese case different nation 10-country survey cultural perspective e-commerce adoption significant implication large firm global trend drawn actual e-commerce transaction national technology e-commerce diffusion strategy e-commerce technology infrastructure chinese firm large-scale survey technology progress
