Barriers to e-commerce and competitive business models in developing countries: A case study
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Nir B. Kshetri, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This paper integrates and extends research on e-commerce in the developing world. We use three categories of feedback systems–economic, sociopolitical and cognitive—to offer a simple model of e-commerce barriers in the developing world. We also examine characteristics of e-business models that can be successfully employed in developing countries. Then, we provide the case of an e-business model followed by a Nepal-based multiple international award winning online provider. This paper‘s theoretical contribution is to explain the =hows‘ and =whys‘ of e-commerce in developing countries and to identify clear contexts and attendant mechanism.
Barriers to e-commerce and competitive business models in developing countries: A case study
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 6, 443-452.
- Language: English
- Date: 2007
- Keywords
- E-commerce, E-commerce barriers, Business model, Developing countries, Expatriates, Innovation diffusion