Electronic Cash in Hong Kong

Westland, J. Christopher; Kwok, Mandy; Shu, Josephine; Kwok, Terence; Ho, H. C. Y.

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“…Launched in 1997, Hong Kong's Octopus card has many of the above characteristics. The card has out-performed other e-micropayment programs backed by international financial organizations (Westland et al, 1997). The Octopus card has the support of key transport companies (Poon and Chau, 2001).…”

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An analysis of the factors influencing success of bank‐issued micropayment system in Taiwan

Tan

Chen

2008

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

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Purpose -The point of sale (POS) e-micropayment program is undergoing a revival in Taiwan. Local banks are co-operating with organizations which have existing captive markets to issue ewallet smart cards. Such co-operation reflects the restriction imposed by Taiwan's Banking Act and the very high density of convenience stores in Taiwan. The paper aims to help researchers and the program's operators to understand the dynamics influencing such a revival. Design/methodology/approach -An extended Post-acceptance Model of IS Continuance incorporating network externality is used and the roles of factors such as perceived usefulness and network externality are determined through hypothesis testing.Findings -The study shows that these programs have good potential to succeed even though consumers' choice on whether transport-related or convenience store-related card has highest potential to succeed differs in different parts of Taiwan. Network externality cannot be ignored and contributes to Taiwan consumers' choice on the program which has the highest potential to succeed. Practical implications -The paper's findings clearly advise the program's operators that their priority is to get more outlets to participate in these programs. Originality/value -The paper shows how external factors such as regulatory restriction, retail structure affect the program's development and how the roles of network externality are subsequently affected.

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An analysis of the factors influencing success of bank‐issued micropayment system in Taiwan

Tan

Chen

2008

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

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“…transactions even for a large sum just like people in Hong Kong (Westland, et al, 1997). As for the payment method in e-commerce in Korea, many companies use money transfer through a bank account, i.e., the buyer sends money to the bank account of the seller and the seller will send the goods to the buyer.…”

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ENI Company

Lee

1999

Cases on Information Technology Series

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ENI Company is an electronic commerce firm in South Korea. ENI Company provides English news items and English lessons to the subscribers through daily e-mail service that includes free English news-related question and answer sessions via e-mail. This case study deals with the struggle of this firm to establish and sustain its business in a less-developed national information infrastructure. Information on national information infrastructure and the Internet in South Korea is provided in order to facilitate understanding of the difficulty that ENI Company faces while conducting ecommerce in South Korea. The chronology of ENI Company evolution is described and the organizational structure of ENI Company is also presented. The marketing of ENI Company’s products that is the biggest challenge for the firm is also discussed. This case is a good example of how to conduct an e-commerce in a county where national IT infrastructure is not ready for it.

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