Cater-Steel, Aileen and Grist, Shelly (2006) e-Commerce definition dilemma. In: Marshall, Stewart and Taylor, Wal and Yu, Xinghuo, (eds.) Encyclopedia of developing regional communities with information and communication technology. Information Science Reference (IGI Global), Hershey, PA, United States, pp. 152-158. ISBN 1-59140-575-0
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[Introduction]: There is confusion among researchers, practitioners and policymakers about the meaning of terms such as e-commerce, and small and medium enterprise (SME) (Krochmal, 1998; Mesenbourg, 2001; Poon, 2002; Xydias-Lobo & Jones, 2003). The lack of standard, universally adopted definitions presents a challenge to researchers and leads to inaccurate comparisons of rates of adoption. This article provides an analysis of various popular definitions of e-commerce and highlights the distinctions between them. A classification system is proposed and applied using examples of e-commerce transactions. Recommendations are provided which should prove helpful for researchers and practitioners interested in developing regional communities with information and communication technology.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter (Commonwealth Reporting Category B) |
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| Additional Information: | Permanent restricted access to paper due to publisher copyright restrictions. However, Print copy held in USQ Library at call no. 303.483 Enc. Chapter in print copy goes under different title: 'The definition dilemma of e-commerce'. Alternatively, USQ staff and students may access the paper via publisher's electronic version of the book at: http://www.usq.edu.au/library/eservices/ezp_edrcict.htm |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | e-commerce, definition, definitions |
| Fields of Research (FOR2008): | 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified |
| Subjects: | 350000 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 350200 Business and Management > 350213 Electronic Commerce |
| Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008): | UNSPECIFIED |
| ID Code: | 989 |
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| Deposited On: | 11 Oct 2007 10:32 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Aug 2011 14:25 |
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