The paper surveys existing theory of e-commerce business models and associated conceptual instruments. It employs three original case studies of SMEs using e-commerce to demonstrate the dynamic nature of e-commerce business models for networked SMEs. The idea of evolutionary business planning based upon Molina’s sociotechnical constituency approach and the diamond of alignment is

India is an established global leader in IT, ITES and BPO sectors due to the various global and local developments over the last decade. The similarities in technology and capabilities, and the clustering tendency of these sectors should have led India to the position of global leadership in e-commerce as well. We find, on the contrary, Indian e-commerce sector does lag behind its global counte...

Electronic commerce or business is more than just another way to sustain or enhance existing business practices. Rather, e-commerce is a paradigm shift. It is a `̀ disruptive’’ innovation that is radically changing the traditional way of doing business. The industry is moving so fast because it operates under totally different principles and work rules in the digital economy. A general rule in e...

the correspondence of juridical authorities in e-commerce   hossein jalaei nobarry [1]     abstract islamic religion has sufficiently attended along theological issues, discoursal arguments and expressions of values and ethics to obligatory and statutory provisions. as one of the proposed topics in jurisprudence relates to authorities in transactions, being conducted electonically all over the ...

Executives remain hopeful, despite recent turmoil in the e-commerce business environment, that the internet will fulfil their expectations and become a source of competitive advantage. The authors of this article provide a historical review of the first decade of e-commerce and its business models. The authors provide a historical foundation so that future research will not duplicate what has a...

as the e-commerce sites are being more secure and reliable in recent years and the number of transactions is rising rapidly, parallelism can help us to reduce response time and increase throughput for e-commerce transactions. this paper will investigate parallelism in on-line transaction processing. it aims to specify those aspects of e-commerce transactions that would profit from parallel proc...

E-commerce is currently perceived to be a necessary component of a successful business venture. However, there is little research that addresses the planning stage of e-commerce. We believe there is a need for a model to fill this void. In this paper, we consider the definition of ecommerce within the context of our research and examine a selection of existing models and frameworks for various ...

The phenomenal growth of the Internet and e-commerce has changed the landscape of the economy and the way business is conducted. For developing countries like Thailand, e-commerce is the opportunity to improve its trade efficiency and facilitate its integration into the global economy. After the Asian financial crisis in 1997, Thailand was left with massive debts and high bankruptcy rates. The ...

This study is a work in progress that sets out to measure the readiness for e-commerce of an aggressively developing economy in East Africa – Ethiopia – a nation that has a significant historical and geo-political status at the horn in order for it to be able to compete in the global information economy. The paper initially embarks on explaining the distinction among the fundamental concepts of...

The use of location models in retail businesses is well-established, particularly the grocery sector. Many alternative methods are today but spatial interaction model (SIM) has a proven record success. To date, that success relates purely to face-to-face activities, modeling and predicting visits by consumers outlets. However, retailers cutting back on store investments concentrating investment...