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E-Commerce in Developing Countries: Impediments and Opportunities

E-Commerce in Developing Countries: Impediments and Opportunities
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Author(s): Alev M. Efendioglu (University of San Francisco, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 14
Source title: Emerging Markets and E-Commerce in Developing Economies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kamel Rouibah (Kuwait University, Kuwait), Omar E. M. Khalil (Kuwait University, Kuwait)and Aboul Ella Hassanien (Cairo University, Egypt)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-100-1.ch006

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Abstract

The number of Internet users around the world has been steadily growing and this growth has provided the impetus and the opportunities for global and regional e-commerce. However, as with Internet, different characteristics (infrastructure and socio-economic) of the local environment have created significant levels of variation in the acceptance and growth of e-commerce in different regions of the world. Our research on e-commerce development in China and the findings provide insights into some of the impediments for development and use of e-commerce. In this chapter, I present and discuss our findings, and propose some strategies for successful development of e-commerce in developing countries.

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