发展中国家的电子商务外文文献 E-commerce in Developing Countries and how to Develop them during the Introduction of Modern Systems.pdfVIP

Available online at ScienceDirect Procedia Computer Science 65 ( 2015 ) 479 – 483 International Conference on Communication, Management and Information Technology (ICCMIT 2015) E-commerce in Developing Countries and How to Develop Them During the Introduction of Modern Systems Adel.A.Alyoubi, Ph.D a a Department of Management Information Systems, College of Business of Jeddah, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia * Corresponding author. Tel.: +0-000-000-0000 ; fax: +0-000-000-0000 . E-mail address: aaaalyoubi1@.sa Abstract The rapid proliferation of the Internet gave rise to the concept and practice of electronic commerce (e -commerce, from here onwards), which has become a common phenomenon in the world today. Internet-based economic structures and information groups are the new business reality, as organisations and individuals revel in the ease of purchasing commodities and services from foreign shores. Most developing countries, however, are far from experiencing this reality due to many factors which act as obstacles for e-commerce to flourish. Key Words: E- Commerce, developing countries, impact, barriers Introduction The definition of e-commerce is the electronic process by which individuals or organisations make a transaction, such as buy, sell, transfer, or exchange products, services and/or information (Turban, McLean and Weatherbe 2004). In a nutshell, e-commerce effectively erases the necessity of huge investments or outlays on physical infrastructure to develop a global presence, which has led to a revolution in the way business is conducted around the worl