Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges

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Sherif Kamel
Idea Group Inc (IGI), 2006 M01 1 - 442 pages
Most of the literature covering electronic business focused on the developed world. Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges provides a chance to get to know more electronic business applications, successes, failures, challenges and opportunities in the developing world. These studies are gaining importance for future development of globalization, global trade and cultural dissemination. Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges tackles these issues with a vision to the future on how to bridge these gaps and the barriers between the different corners of the world.
 

Contents

The Digitalization of Bad Practices?
1
Chapter II Role of Culture in Electronic Business Diffusion in Developing Countries
34
Language Cultural Legal and Infrastructure Issues Challenges and Solutions
45
Case of India
63
Challenges and Opportunities for a Small Developing Country
88
Chapter VI ECommerce Activity Opportunities and Strategies in Latin America
118
Chapter VII Assessing Job Seekers Acceptance of Online Recruitment in Egypt
142
A Synthesis in the Transition from Electronic to Mobile Business
170
An ECommerce Reality Opportunity for Developing Countries
265
An Empirical Investigation of the Omani Banking Industry
283
Chapter XV Open Sourcing ELearning for Developing Countries
303
Chapter XVI Strategic and Operational Values of ECommerce Investments in Jordanian SMEs
327
Chapter XVII ECommerce Infrastructure in Developing Countries
349
Chapter XVIII An ECommerce Longitudinal Case Study from Ukraine
376
Early Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Industry
392
A Study of Informational Needs of SouthernBrazilian Enterprises When Expanding Their Businesses
411

An Exploratory Study in the Brazilian Market
193
Results from a Cluster Analysis
214
Chapter XI An Overview of ECommerce Security and Critical Issues for Developing Countries
234
EReadiness Assessment of Small and Medium Enterprises in Egypt
246
About the Authors
428
Index
438
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