Globalization and E-Commerce VI: Environment and Policy in Denmark

Environment and Policy Factors Shaping Global E-Commerce Diffusion: A Cross-Country Comparison

This article examines the key global, environmental and policy factors that act as determinants of e-commerce diffusion. It is based on systematic comparison of case studies from 10 countries— Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States. It finds that B2B e-commerce seems to be driven by global forces, whereas B2C seems to be more of a local ...

Globalization of E-Commerce: Environment and Policy in Germany

Globalization and E-Commerce V: Environment and Policy in Brazil

Letter from Rob Kling, Editor-in-chief and Guest Editors Kenneth L. Kraemer and Jason Dedrick

This special issue of The Information Society on Globalization and E-Commerce edited by Professor Kenneth L. Kraemer, Director of the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) at the University of California, Irvine, and CRITO Research Fellows, Jennifer Gibbs and Jason Dedrick contains case studies of globalization and e-commerce in Brazil, Denmark, France, Korea, ...

Special Section: Globalization and Electronic Commerce

Brazil presents an interesting case study of local factors influencing the adoption and impacts of e-commerce. It is a large developing country in which some segments of the economy are technologically sophisticated while others are quite backward. Based on existing knowledge of Brazil’s economic and policy environment and its experience with other information technologies, we develop three the...