Business-to-business e-commerce adoption: An empirical investigation of business factors

Gorla, Narasimhaiah; Chiravuri, Ananth; Chinta, Ravi

doi:10.1007/s10796-015-9616-8

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“…E-commerce has had an impact on consumers, but also on business partners and the organisational structure of businesses. (Gorla et al, 2015) E-commerce is available through the internet and has an intangible appearance, i.e. only on a internet site.…”

Section: E-commercementioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of CSR in E-Commerce as a Way to Compete

Bartók¹

2018

JOC

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The article deals with the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on small-medium companies (SMEs) in the field of e-commerce. As many people today are aware of the exhaustion of resources, ethical codes as well as working standards, CSR has become a strong competitive tool. Additionally, with the global increase in economy, e-commerce users have come to be regarded favourably in terms of environmental friendliness, with e-commerce becoming a popular tool of purchase. However, previous research offers little understanding about the relationship between CSR and e-commerce. To shed some light on this issue, two questionnaire surveys and interviews with seven managers of selected companies were conducted in the Czech Republic. The participants in the first study were e-commerce customers (N = 207), and the second study was aimed at SMEs in e-commerce (N = 63). The research shows that the implementation of CSR may influence sales positively. The findings also indicate that consumers prefer companies with CSR as well as the necessity of good implementation of CSR in the company process by managers. The most discussed issue of CSR by SMEs managers concerned working standards. The research also shows big differences between formal acceptance and certified SMEs for CSR. CSR is not only a competitive advantage but also one of the ways to maintain sustainable corporate development with ethical codes and transparent corporate policy.

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Section: E-commercementioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of CSR in E-Commerce as a Way to Compete

Bartók¹

2018

JOC

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“…CEO and senior staff IT/e-commerce/e-commerce marketing knowledge play critical roles for SMEs successfully in adopting e-commerce [51]. If the decisionmaker is knowledgeable about the issues and reliability problems on the Internet, he/she is likely to make a more informed decision about e-commerce adoption [52]. The higher the managers' knowledge of e-commerce, the higher the probability of the acceptance of e-commerce [52].…”

Section: Integrating E-commerce Courses Into Postgraduate Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Internationalization of China’s E-Commerce Higher Education: A Review between 2001 and 2019

Huo¹,

Wu²,

Soar³

2021

E-Business - Higher Education and Intelligence Applications

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The purpose of this chapter is to review the development of China’s higher education in electronic commerce (e-commerce) and explore the requirements of the internationalization of China’s e-commerce higher education. The Benefit-Driving Model (BDM) was adopted to explain the reasons for the internationalization of China’s e-commerce higher education. The literature review spans 20 years from 2001 when the first 13 e-commerce programs were offered from China’s 597 universities. By 2019, 328 e-commerce programs were offered by 831 universities. There is a sustainable growth from 2001 (2.17%, 13 of 597) to 2019 (39.47%, 328 of 831). Currently, six universities offer two e-commerce programs with different majors. Eight universities established specialized e-commerce schools. There are also six jointly founded or cooperative e-commerce programs run in China with overseas universities. This research may be valuable for any international organization interested in collaboration with China’s e-commerce higher education. A limitation is that this research focuses only on bachelors of e-commerce programs. Further research will explore factors for success in jointly founded e-commerce programs with China’s e-commerce educators.

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“…Big data generated from various IoT technology gives businesses an insight into how their products and services are affecting the environment providing them with an opportunity to help decarbonise the global economy (Mikalef et al 2017). Furthermore, ICT gives businesses a competitive advantage via eCommerce (Gorla et al 2017;Guo and Gao 2017), provides a cost-effective and flexible way to learn via eLearning (Joseph et al 2017;Teo et al 2018), improves communication between medical personnel and their patients via eHealth (Maresova and Klimova 2017;Serrano et al 2018), increases the speed and flexibility of financial transaction via eBanking (Garín-Muñoz et al 2018) and reduces the cost of communication via e-mail (Gouvea et al 2017). Overall, the ICT services highlighted above have reduced the need to commute and are inherently connected with environmental sustainability.…”

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Assessing the Gap between Technology and the Environmental Sustainability of European Cities

2019

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The growth of cities' population increased the interest in the opportunities and challenges that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have on carbon footprint reduction, which fosters their environmental sustainability. Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), six ICT-related variables from European Union (EU) cities were combined into a single twodimensional ICT index. Then, through cluster analysis, cities were clustered into four groups based on the ICT index and Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions. Using ICT as an indicator of smartness and CO 2 emissions as an indicator of sustainability, we show that it is possible for a city to be smart but not sustainable and vice versa. Results also indicate that there is a gap between cities in northern Europe, which are the top performers in both categories, and cities in south-eastern Europe, which do not perform as well. The need for a common strategy for achieving integrated smart, sustainable and inclusive growth at a European level is demonstrated.

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Business-to-business e-commerce adoption: An empirical investigation of business factors

Cited by 30 publications

References 104 publications

The Use of CSR in E-Commerce as a Way to Compete

The Use of CSR in E-Commerce as a Way to Compete

Internationalization of China’s E-Commerce Higher Education: A Review between 2001 and 2019

Assessing the Gap between Technology and the Environmental Sustainability of European Cities

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