E-Commerce and Export Markets: Small Furniture Producers in South Africa

Moodley, Sagren

doi:10.1111/1540-627x.00085

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“…Also, the internet eliminates SMEs ' disadvantages by opening up global markets with an effective strategy for conducting business. 32 The internet not only helps SMEs to begin to internationalise, but also helps to maintain a strong position in foreign markets through such activities as marketing intelligence, global sales promotion and inter-fi rm RD. 19 From a theoretical standpoint, the implication of the fi ndings is that managers need to pay special attention to the proposed factors and should especially focus on the holistic view to integrate global mindset with EC capability in order to enhance the understanding of SMEs ' IIM.…”

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Factors that impact on the perceived benefits of internet international marketing in Taiwanese SMEs

Hsu¹,

Chou²,

Hsu

2008

J Target Meas Anal Mark

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. Her research areas include enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM) and electronic commerce (EC). Tzu-Chuan Chouis an assistant professor in the Department of Information Management at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. He received his PhD from the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK, in 1999. His research focuses on four main areas: IT management, e-government, knowledge management and resource planning systems. Tsuen-Ho Hsuis a professor in the Department of Marketing and Distribution Management, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. He completed his PhD at the Department of Transportation Management, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. His current research interests include fuzzy multiple criteria decision making, consumer behaviour and strategy management. He has received a number of awards from the Chinese Management Association, Taiwan. Keywords internet international marketing (IIM) , perceived benefi t , global mindset , EC capabilityAbstract Effective management of small or medium-sized enterprises ' (SMEs) internet international marketing (IIM) has become a topic of great interest and has been studied extensively by SME researchers. Yet, there is little research that attempts to explain the perceived benefi ts of IIM, which is considered a critical factor in encouraging SMEs to or blocking them from adopting and using IIM. To address this gap, this paper proposes a theoretical model to examine the SMEs ' perceived benefi ts of IIM in terms of the extent of their global mindsets, electronic commerce (EC) capabilities, organisational marketing contexts and IT capabilities. Empirical testing of the model is based on a sample of 82 SMEs from the Taiwanese manufacturing industry. The results show that six of the eight hypothesised relationships are supported by empirical data. The implications of the fi ndings for the management of SME IIM are discussed.

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“…Accordingly, EC capability will encourage smaller fi rms to develop global markets; 32 and thus, we expect that the extent of EC capability will facilitate the perceived benefi ts of adopting IIM.…”

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Factors that impact on the perceived benefits of internet international marketing in Taiwanese SMEs

Hsu¹,

Chou²,

Hsu

2008

J Target Meas Anal Mark

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“…Moodley [8] studied the impact of electronic commerce in the South African woodenfurniture sector, and found several obstacles to adopting this type of technology. These include a limited understanding of the electronic-commerce concept, and an overdependence on the reduction of employee and input costs as a competitive advantage rather than pursuing a knowledge and growth trajectory.…”

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“…It is suggested that the industry should seek to compete at a level of quality, reliability, and differentiated designs, rather than at a low price/quality level [7,3,8]. In addition, the export market, rather than the domestic market, will provide higher prices and volumes that will lead to superior growth of the industry.…”

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An integrated approach for developing a technology strategy framework for small- to medium-sized furniture manufacturers to improve competitiveness

Lourens¹

2013

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Low-technology firms, such as those found within the furniture manufacturing industry, have no framework or methodology to guide them successfully to acquire and integrate technology that enables them to operate more competitively. The aim of this article is to illustrate the development of a technology strategy framework for small-to medium-sized furniture manufacturers to assist them to improve their competitiveness. More specifically, this article presents an integrated technology strategy framework that enables management to integrate their business strategy with their technology requirements successfully, thus improving competitiveness. OPSOMMINGLae-tegnologie ondernemings, soos dié in die meubelvervaardingingsbedryf, het geen raamwerk of metodologie om hulle te lei in die suskesvolle aanwending van tegnologie met die oog daarop om hulle meer mededingend te maak nie. Die doel van hierdie artikel is om te illustreer hoe 'n tegnologiestrategieraamwerk ontwikkel is om klein-tot mediumgrootte meubelvervaardigers te help om meer mededingend te wees. Hierdie artikel bied dus 'n geïntegreerde tegnologiestrategieraamwerk aan wat bestuur sal help om hulle ondernemingstrategie met hul tegnologievereistes te integreer en sodoende meer mededingend te wees.

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“…This posture allows them to compete in markets with a big diversity of products and also big quantities, becoming therefore more competitive. Following this path, enterprises must also incorporate information and communication technologies as one more of their strategic and operational components [10]. Computer networks and telecommunication systems are also a valuable element of the development of virtual collaborations [1] reducing undoubtedly the impact of geography and drawn nations and individuals closer together.…”

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Maintenance behaviour-based prediction system using data mining

Bastos

Lopes

Pires

et al. 2009

2009 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

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-In the last years we have assisted to several and deep changes in industrial manufacturing. Induced by the need of increasing efficiency, bigger flexibility, better quality and lower costs, it became more complex. The complexity of this new scenario has caused big pressure under enterprises production systems and consequently in its maintenance systems. Manufacturing systems recognize high level costs due equipment breakdown, motivated by the time spent to repair, which corresponds to no production time and scrapyard, and also money spent in repair actions. Usually, enterprises do not share data produced from their maintenance interventions. This investigation intends to create an organizational architecture that integrates data produced in factories on their activities of reactive, predictive and preventive maintenance. The main idea is to develop a decentralized predictive maintenance system based on data mining concepts. Predicting the possibility of breakdowns with bigger accuracy will increase systems reliability.

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E-Commerce and Export Markets: Small Furniture Producers in South Africa

Cited by 30 publications

References 8 publications

Factors that impact on the perceived benefits of internet international marketing in Taiwanese SMEs

Factors that impact on the perceived benefits of internet international marketing in Taiwanese SMEs

An integrated approach for developing a technology strategy framework for small- to medium-sized furniture manufacturers to improve competitiveness

Maintenance behaviour-based prediction system using data mining

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