...Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Stephen X. Zhang; Alexander Brem Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to study the benefits that an Asian company can achieve by using e-commerce. Another objective is to identify and rank the barriers influencing the application of e-commerce by innovative small...

...Stephen Kelly Purpose This paper aims to critique the foundations of the relationship benefits concept and develop a theoretical model that is tested and validated. Design/methodology/approach A series of exploratory in‐depth interviews were initially conducted and the results considered...

...Elizabeth Daniel; Hugh Wilson Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly making use of e‐commerce. This study seeks to identify the reasons that are causing such businesses to adopt e‐commerce (adoption intentions); the benefits they are realising from their e‐commerce developments...

...Paul Westhead To assess the short‐term effectiveness of the Shell Technology Enterprise Programme (STEP), students and “host” employers who participated in the programme in 1994 were interviewed prior to and 12 months after completing the programme. The short‐term benefits of the programme...