Success Factors for Implementation of Electronic Commerce by Small and Medium Enterprises

Electronic commerce becomes an essential part of business processes for many business firms. Electronic commerce has a particularly important implication for small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SME\u27s) because the form of competition and business process has dramatically changed in the recent years due to the internet and on-line business activities. This paper investigates various issues about implementation of electronic commerce by surveying a group of Korean SME\u27s as a sample. This study focuses on finding out the critical factors for successful implementation of electronic commerce by SME\u27s. Our research model is more comprehensive than the ones used in the previous research by including moderating variables in the contex

Building Co-Operative Supply Chain in Auto Parts Manufacturing Industry

As competition becomes more intense, it is becoming increasingly important for a firm to build an efficient supply chain for its survival and prosperity. One way to build an efficient supply chain is to integrate the supply chain activities by the member firms of different levels on the supply chain by developing cooperative relationships between firms. Many factors are involved in developing cooperative relationships between firms, and their effects need to be studied. This paper investigates what factors are critical to build a cooperative buyer-supplier relationship in auto parts manufacturing industry. Data was collected from two groups of firms in Korean auto parts manufacturing industry, 1st-tier parts suppliers and 2nd-tier parts suppliers. Our study reveals that there are significant differences in the way of collaboration depending on the level of the relationships

Comparison of E-Commerce Practices between Large Enterprises and Small to Medium Enterprises

E-commerce becomes an important element of the business strategy for both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises as online business and cyber market space continue to expand its size and volume. E-commerce has a particularly important implication for SMEs because it can help SMEs overcome many handicaps of the SMEs, such as the economies of scale, and compete against the large enterprises on the level ground. The two groups of business firms, large enterprises and SMEs, are often different in not only their sizes but also their business practices. This may also extend to how they use e-commerce in their business. This paper is to study whether there are differences in using e-commerce between large enterprises and SMEs, and what are the differences and why the differences are made. We compare the two groups of business firms in two aspects, format of implementation and their performance. Data used for the study is collected from a group of Korean firms