E-Commerce Commons^™

Incorporating E-Commerce Technologies Into Small And Medium Manufacturing Industries In Tanzania, M. A.M. Victor

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Businesses worldwide are making use of the new opportunities which have been brought up by the developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), particularly the Internet. Big businesses, especially those multinationals in the developed nations have invested heavily on these technologies and they are reaping their benefits. This paper reports on a study conducted to look at the key issues to be considered in order for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania be able to position themselves technologically in what is termed as E-commerce. Cost and benefits, policy, training and infrastructure issues are looked at in this study.

Business On The Net : An Introduction To The ‘Whats‘ And ‘Hows‘ Of E-Commerce By Kamlesh N Agarwala, Amit Lal And Deeksha Agarwala, Macmillan India, 2000, Pp 227, Price: Rs 198., Sudha K Rajagopal

IIMB Management Review

Business on the Net: An Introduction to the ‘Whats’ and ‘Hows’ of E-commerce provides a clear and accessible overview of the Internet and its role in electronic commerce. The authors explain the evolution of e-commerce from Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and electronic funds transfer systems to modern online business practices. The book details key concepts such as security, encryption, online transactions, customer acquisition, and global market reach. While technically comprehensive and supported by a useful glossary, it offers limited discussion of business models and market projections. Overall, it serves as a practical introductory guide for students and readers seeking to …

Hci Research Issues In Electronic Commerce, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Sid Davis

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This article outlines a number of important research issues in human-computer interaction in the e-commerce environment. It highlights some of the challenges faced by users in browsing Web sites and conducting searches for information, and suggests several areas of research for promoting ease of navigation and search. Also, it discusses the importance of trust in the online environment, describing some of the antecedents and consequences of trust, and provides guidelines for integrating trust into Web site design. The issues discussed in this article are presented under three broad categories of human-computer interaction – Web usability, interface design, and trust – …

Product Schema Integration For Electronic Commerce: A Synonym Comparison Approach, Guanghao Yan, Wee-Keong Ng, Ee Peng Lim

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In any electronic commerce system, the heterogeneity of product descriptions is a critical impediment to efficient business information exchange. In the ABECOS electronic commerce system, buyer agents, seller agents, and directory agents liaise with one another in e-commerce activities. Only when agents have a common ontology of product descriptions (also called product schemas) are they able to interact seamlessly in e-commerce activities. This gives rise to the product schema integration problem (PSI); the problem of integrating heterogeneous schemas of a certain product into one globally compatible schema. We adopt an integration approach based on product attribute synonyms. We give a …

Mobile Commerce Applications In Supply Chain Management, Keng Siau, Zixing Shen

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

As wireless technologies evolve, the coming mobile revolution will bring dramatic and fundamental changes to supply chain management. When complete, the revolution will impact numerous facets of organizational life. It will provide important data in real time to assist decision makers, exert great influence on the ways businesses communicate and develop relationships with consumers and suppliers, and ultimately transform the way we manage the supply chain. This paper examines issues in integrating mobile commerce and supply chain management. The paper discusses issues such as the absence of killer applications, mobile device limitations, networking problems, infrastructure constraints, security concerns, and user …

B2b E-Commerce Revisited: Leading Perspectives On The Key Issues And Research Directions, Qizhi Dai, Robert J. Kauffman

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The application of Internet technologies for the conduct of interfirm business transactions has given rise to a boom in business-to-business (B2B) electronic commerce. Yet, although there are many success stories that have been reported over the past several years, the progress of B2B e-commerce has been hindered by unanticipated technical, organizational, economic and legal challenges that diminish value. In this article, we report on a series of interviews with leading academic researchers and industry senior managers who are in a unique position to make sense of key issues and offer useful insights. The respondents provide their views on the efficacy …

Analysis Of The Volume, Value And Conversion Performance Of A National Destination Marketing System Website., Patrick Horan, P Mccarthy, Andrew Frew

Conference papers

In 1998, the Scottish Tourist Board sought to develop a ‘real time’ database covering all tourism products and services throughout Scotland through visitscotland.com. Since then over £3m has been invested in this project with some 15,000 businesses and 17,500 products covering the whole spectrum of tourism business now searchable through the Web. The claim has been that there would be an increase in business being generated, initially with bookings through the more traditional channels such as telephone, fax, mail as well as e-mail and there has also been the anticipation that the official national tourist board website would generate significant …

Sampling Concepts, Paul Boyd, Ph.D.

MBA Faculty Conference Papers & Journal Articles

The usefulness of any research is dependent upon how well the group studied represents the group about which decisions are to be made or conclusions drawn. That is, it depends upon how well the sample reflects relevant characteristics of the population. When it is possible to study every member of that group there is no problem, for on these occasions we can easily calculate the exact attribute (parameter) of interest for our population.

For example, if we were interested in determining the average number of gallons of gasoline sold to customers at our service station yesterday, we …

The Emergence Of Online Retail Commerce And The Influence Of Risk On Its Growth, Thidaluk Thangkabutra

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

National Sources Of Leadership In 3g M-Business Applications: A Framework And Evidence From Three Global Regions, Mark Lehrer, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Nir Kshetri

College of Business Faculty Publications

Countries such as Finland and Sweden have exhibited long-established patterns of leadership in mobile telecommunications in general, while Japan's NTT DoCoMo represents an early national-level exemplar of a major m-commerce business system. The task of identifying and profiling the types of national leadership patterns likely to prevail in 3G wireless networks of Europe, Asia, and elsewhere, however, is a challenging one. This is because new technological and other forces are coming into play in the post-GSM world. In this paper, we present a framework and some evidence to show the potential national leadership patterns in 3G mbusiness applications in Asia-Pacific, …

The Commercial Usage Of Internet By Insurance Companies In Malaysia, Chee Kiat Tee

Student Works (2000-2009)

One of the characteristics of the new millennium is the increasing pace of change that has been brought about by the advent of Internet technologies, and it becomes another viable channel of delivery for the insurance industry. The question is no longer whether the Internet will change the insurance marketplace. Rather, the focus is on how quickly the changes will occur, how the industry will be affected, and how insurance companies can best position themselves to take advantage of new e-commerce opportunities. The primary motivation for this study comes from a lack of studies of commercial Internet usage by Malaysia's …

E-Conomy- From Here To Where? 3rd International We-B Conference, Nick Lethbridge (Ed.)

Research outputs pre 2011

No abstract provided.

Protecting The Infrastructure: 3rd Australian Information Warfare & Security Conference 2002, William Hutchinson (Ed.)

Research outputs pre 2011

The conference is hosted by the We-B Centre (working with a-business) in the School of Management Information System, the School of Computer & Information Sciences at Edith Cowan University. This year's conference is being held at the Sheraton Perth Hotel in Adelaide Terrace, Perth. Papers for this conference have been written by a wide range of academics and industry specialists. We have attracted participation from both national and international authors and organisations.

The papers cover many topics, all within the field of information warfare and its applications, now and into the future.

The papers have been grouped into six streams: …

Ecs Electronic Cars System, Wilyang Soh

Student Works (2000-2009)

The revolution of Internet has enable billions of people all around the world to communicate interactively. Thus, business people have made used of the global market space in the Internet which breaks through the barrier of time and distance to promote their products. The Electronic Cars System is one of the e-commerce solutions for merchants to conduct business over the Internet and the target users are local car dealers and potential car buyers including local people and foreign workers in Malaysia only. Electronic cars system is a fascinating and worthwhile topic to be researched on. This thesis steps towards developing …

Knowledge Management Mechanisms In E-Commerce: A Study Of Online Retailing And Auction Sites, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Keng Siau, Yuhong Tian, Min Ling

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Knowledge management is vital to a company's success in this e-commerce era. Not only has the topic of knowledge management attracted much research attention lately, but the management of customer knowledge is also becoming increasingly important. Despite its significance, few research studies have systematically investigated knowledge management in the e-commerce context. None of the studies we reviewed looked at how knowledge management mechanisms were employed in e-commerce. This research presents a comprehensive analysis of the knowledge management mechanisms employed by 14 e-commerce sites that were rated as being the best by Gomez.com, an independent Internet quality measurement firm. Specifically, we …

Enabling Technologies For E-Commerce And Erp Integration, Keng Siau, Jake Messersmith

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Focuses on a study which analyzed the enabling technologies for integrating Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and e-business. Difficulties in integrating ERP and e-business; Architecture supporting ERP and e-commerce; Model for integrating ERP and e-business.

Online Advertising Using Banner Exchange Among Malaysian Dot Com Companies, Fionne Lai Fung Chong

Student Works (2000-2009)

This exploratory study attempts to understand the view and perceptions of Dot Com companies toward Online Advertising using Banner Exchange as an advertising tool. Banner Exchange works as the following. A company can exchanges their banners with other companies, this is considered as the customer-to-customer direct exchange. They can also choose to use Banner Exchange service from a Banner Exchange service provider. The perceptions and opinions of 8 Dot Com companies are analyzed. The analysis also focuses on factors influencing online promotions as well as factors to be considered in making effective online promotion decision. The study includes 8 identified …

Sistem Maklumat Pembayaran Zakat, Wijee Masrina

Student Works (2000-2009)

Sistem maklumat bagi pembayaran zakat atau akronimnya e-Zakat merupakan satu aplikasi berasaskan web yang dibina untuk menyediakan satu perkhidmatan bagi pengguna mengetahui jumlah bayaran zakat tertentu yang wajib dibayar oleh mereka dengan cara yang mudah dan pantas melalui perkembangan teknologi maklumat. Selain daripada itu, sistem ini juga dilengkapi dengan informasi mengenai zakat yang dipetik berlandaskan Al-Quran. Sunnah Nabi dan pendapat para ulamak. Sistem ini terbahagi kepada dua modul utama iaitu modul pengguna dan modul pentadbiran. Modul pengguna akan menyed.iakan kemudaban bagi peogiraan kelapan-lapan jenis zakat Selain itu, modul ini juga menyediakan beberapa fungsi lain seperti pertanyaan dan rujukan. Modul pentadbir …

Pasar Mini Elektronik (E – Pasar Mini), Othman Noor Azmira

Student Works (2000-2009)

e-Dagang merupakan satu tapak pada layar internet yang menjalankan urusniaga pemiagaan atau perkhidmatan secara atas talian. Tajuk latihan ilmiah yang akan dibangunkan mempunyai kaitan dengan teknologi e-dagang. Sistem yang dibangunkan merupakan laman e-dagang iaitu e-Pasar Mini yang menjalankan pemiagaan menjual barangan keperluan harian secara atas talian. Ia tertumpu kepada pengguna yang berkerja dan kekurangan masa untuk membeli keperluan harian dan juga kepada semua pengguna internet. Di dalam laman web ini ada disediakan enjin pencarian untuk memudahkan pengguna membuat pencarian barangan supaya dapat menjimatkan masa selain daripada kemudahan browse yang telah disediakan. Metodologt Air Terjun bagi Kitar Hayat Pembangunan Sistem digunakan …

Sistem Tempahan Tiket Formula 1, Alias Zul-Azry

Student Works (2000-2009)

Dunia hari ini sudah memasuki millenium baru. Suasana dunia masa kini juga telah bernbah. Manusia kini sudah melangkah ke era teknologi maklumat yang merupakan tunjang kepada kemajuan sesebuah negara. Salah satu kcsan daripada perkembangan pesat teknologi maklumat ialah internet Pada masa kini, internet telah memainkan peranan yang penting di dalam kehidupan seharian manusia terutamanya di dalam dunia perniagaan. Maka lahirlah Perdagangan Elektronik yang merupakan satu dimensi baru dalam dunia peniagaan. Menyedari perkembangan Perdagangan Elektronik semakin pesat maka kita baruslah menggunakan dengan sebaiknya peluang yang ditawarkan oleh Perdagangan Elektronik. Dengan itu, Sistem Tempahan Tiket Formula 1 telah dicadangkan. Sistem ini mempakan …

Acceptable Internet Use Policy, Keng Siau, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Limei Teng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Surveying use policies of three organizations--- educational institutions, ISPs, and non-ISPs.

Online Shopping Cart & Ordering System, Siang Schee Lee

Student Works (2000-2009)

E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web, E-commerce makes purchasing easier for customer. However, it will cost a corporation a lot of money to build up a dynamic e-commerce website. To overcome this issue, a web-based E-commerce development tool is developed to create web page to selling the corporation's products. The proposed project offers a web-based service to let any shopping stores build their own web store from start to finish. It include template for online shopping cart, backend management and database. The dynamic database …