Global electronic business research : opportunities and directions / Nabeel Al-Qirim, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book discusses the progress of e-commerce research in small to medium-sized enterprises in different countries in the world"--Provided by publisher.

Electronic business research in small businesses : a global perspective / Nabeel A.Y. Al-Qirim -- The evolving web presence of SMEs : an empirical approach to e-business / Fernando Alonso Mendo, Guy Fitzgerald -- The development of web sites : objectives of Australian SMEs / Xueli Huang, Elaine K.F. Leong -- SMEs ECT reality : from ad-hoc implementation to strategic planning / Zakia Elsammani -- An investigation of SMTE web site usage in Australia : implications for e-commerce adoption and planning processes / Andrew P. Davidson, Stephen Burgess, Carmine Sellitto -- A community web site initiative : impacts on small businesses / Heather Fulford -- E-commerce links for SMEs within the industry value chain / Sylvie Feindt, Judith Jeffcoate, Caroline Chappell -- Government intervention in SMEs' e-commerce adoption : an institutional approach / Ada Scupola -- SMEs and government policies - worlds apart : the UK experience 1999-2004 / Anne Wiggins -- Comparison-shopping as an emerging channel to increase web visibility for SMEs in the United States / Yun Wan -- Managing knowledge in SMEs : what are some peculiarities? / Kevin C. Desouza, Yukika Awazu -- The shifting sands of e-commerce : investigation of the mapping between expected and actual e-commerce benefits in SMEs / Robert MacGregor, Lejla Vrazalic -- Predictive indicators of electronic commerce adoption in regional small and medium enterprises / Afzaal H. Seyal, Mohd Noah A. Rahman -- Factors affecting e-business adoption by SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa : an exploratory study from Nigeria / Princely Ifinedo -- Exploring ASP sourcing decision in small firms / Maria Woerndl, Philip Powell, Richard Vidgen.