Application of eBusiness strategies for SMEs in developing countries

Mahesha Kapurubandara; Shiromi Arunatileka; Athula Ginige; Soe-Tsyr Yuan; Jiming Liu

Application of eBusiness strategies for SMEs in developing countries

Mahesha Kapurubandara, Shiromi Arunatileka, Athula Ginige, Soe-Tsyr Yuan, Jiming Liu

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Abstract

![CDATA[Through E-Business, Information Communications Technology (ICT) has change the way trade and commerce is carried out. The developed nations of the world are taking advantageof these new technologies to expand their markets. Many countries, developed as well as developing, encourage the SMEs to form clusters to strengthen their marketing and buying power. Clustering, is found to be a good strategy for SMEs all over the world to accept as a means to achieve competitive advantage.In this paper, the Seven E's in eTransformation, a model developed by the University of Western Sydney, that is being successfully used with SMEs in Australia is applied as the approach to eTransform industries in developing countries towards eBusiness.The model incorporates new business thinking, business models in the new e-economy and it also depicts how clustering can be used to gain competitive advantage. The ceramic industry sector in Sri Lanka is being used for the study of eTransforming a cluster of organisations.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings 2004 IEEE International Conference on e-Technology, e-Commerce and e-Service, held 28-31 March, 2004, at Taipei, Taiwan
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	0769520731
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	IEEE International Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services - Duration: 1 Jan 2004 → …

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services
Period	1/01/04 → …

Keywords

electronic commerce
small business
developing countries
technological innovations
business networks

UN SDGs

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Kapurubandara, M, Arunatileka, S, Ginige, A, Yuan, S-T & Liu, J 2004, Application of eBusiness strategies for SMEs in developing countries. in Proceedings 2004 IEEE International Conference on e-Technology, e-Commerce and e-Service, held 28-31 March, 2004, at Taipei, Taiwan. IEEE, IEEE International Conference on Enterprise Computing, E-Commerce and E-Services, 1/01/04.

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Application of eBusiness strategies for SMEs in developing countries

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