Diffusion of Electronic Commerce in Australia: A Preliminary Investigation

Stakeholder Relationships and Electronic Commerce Differentiation: A Preliminary Investigation in Singapore and Australia

The Legal Issues of Electronic Contracts in Australia

The internet has transformed the manner of conducting commercial transactions and has created regulatory gaps. These regulatory gaps may impact the effective development of electronic commerce. Attempts are being made to regulate electronic contracts both at the national and international level. The present research analyses these attempts, in particular the Electronic Transaction Legislation ...

Implementation Success of Internet-based Electronic Commerce for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in Australia

This study surveys the perceptions and experience of Australian smalland mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) in the adoption and implementation of Internet-based Electronic Commerce. Employing Rogers (1995) model of innovation diffusion as the framework and considering Electronic Commerce (EC) as a form of new innovation, we analyse factors affecting EC implementation success. With a sample of 71 sm...

An Investigation into the Factors Influencing the Adoption of B2B Trading Exchanges in Small Businesses in Western Australia

Small business plays an important role in Western Australian economy. Given the remoteness of Western Australia, electronic commerce technology, such as B2B Trading exchanges, presents unique opportunities to small businesses in Western Australia. This study thus explores the adoption behaviour of these small businesses in relation to B2B Trading exchanges. Drawing on established theories, rela...

Electronic Commerce Initiatives in Australia: Identifying Opportunity, Meeting Challenges, and Measuring Success

This paper reports findings from the initial stage of a funded collaborative research program aimed at identification of E-Commerce cultural change and technology uptake experience in Australia and comparison of Australian and United States experience. In collaboration with Georgia State University and employing the study script and methodology used in their landmark American research series, t...