E-business: roadmap for success
E-business: roadmap for success
Management Information Systems: Managing Information Technology in the E-Business Enterprise
Management Information Systems: Managing Information Technology in the E-Business Enterprise
Business Computing: An African Perspective
Business Computing: An African Perspective
E-Commerce: Fundamentals and Applications
E-Commerce: Fundamentals and Applications
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The advent of e-commerce has brought about new implications on research directions in the business arena. Is it not sufficient to just study the formation of electronic markets in e-commerce. It is also necessary to have insight into the electronic markets' innermost workings. This chapter, therefore, highlights the factors that give these new organizational forms (e-commerce enterprises) sustainable competitive advantages. The chapter is present in three main sections: A study of variety of reports of practitioners and researchers from the international arena, provide a background of prior knowledge in the filed. The analysis of this knowledge base is conceptualized into a framework of key factors affecting e-commerce success. Finally, the results of an empirical study of South African e-businesses are reported on. The authors provide some insight on the application of the conceptual framework as applied in the South African situation.