Assessment of e-commerce adoption benefits by Indonesian women entrepreneurs

The importance of the small to medium enterprise (SME) sector as the cornerstone of most economies is widely recognised. This is not only borne out by the number of SMEs (almost 90% of the total number of businesses across the world), but also by their significant role in creating employment opportu...

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Main Authors:	Kartiwi, Mira, Gunawan, Teddy Surya
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	H61.8 Communication of information HF Commerce HF5717 Business communication
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/31186/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31186/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31186/1/Table_of_Content.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/31186/2/34.pdf

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spelling	iium-311862013-08-04T17:57:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/31186/ Assessment of e-commerce adoption benefits by Indonesian women entrepreneurs Kartiwi, Mira Gunawan, Teddy Surya H61.8 Communication of information HF Commerce HF5717 Business communication The importance of the small to medium enterprise (SME) sector as the cornerstone of most economies is widely recognised. This is not only borne out by the number of SMEs (almost 90% of the total number of businesses across the world), but also by their significant role in creating employment opportunities. SMEs are considered to be the only realistic employment opportunity for those in lower income brackets, especially women in developing countries. However, studies also show that there are inherent issues impede the growth of female-owned SMEs, particularly those in rural areas in developing countries. Among others are the difficulties in accessing financial assistance to set up a business, the child-rearing obligation which limits women’s mobility and access to information of the available market. Electronic commerce (e-commerce), on the other hand, has radically changing the dynamics of the business environment and the way in which people and organizations are conducting business with one another. For SMEs, e-commerce has the potential to become a source of competitive advantage. E-commerce is a cost effective way of accessing customers globally and competing on par with large businesses. Despite the many benefits of e-commerce, little research has been done to investigate the role of e-commerce in mitigating the location and gender specific barriers to SME growth. Therefore, it is the aim of this study to address such gap in the literature, as well as to identify strategy that can be used to stimulate the development of female-owned SMEs in urban and rural developing countries, using Indonesia as case study. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31186/1/Table_of_Content.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31186/2/34.pdf Kartiwi, Mira and Gunawan, Teddy Surya (2013) Assessment of e-commerce adoption benefits by Indonesian women entrepreneurs. In: The 4th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M), 25-27 Mar 2013, Rabat, Moroco. http://ict4m.org/
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description	The importance of the small to medium enterprise (SME) sector as the cornerstone of most economies is widely recognised. This is not only borne out by the number of SMEs (almost 90% of the total number of businesses across the world), but also by their significant role in creating employment opportunities. SMEs are considered to be the only realistic employment opportunity for those in lower income brackets, especially women in developing countries. However, studies also show that there are inherent issues impede the growth of female-owned SMEs, particularly those in rural areas in developing countries. Among others are the difficulties in accessing financial assistance to set up a business, the child-rearing obligation which limits women’s mobility and access to information of the available market. Electronic commerce (e-commerce), on the other hand, has radically changing the dynamics of the business environment and the way in which people and organizations are conducting business with one another. For SMEs, e-commerce has the potential to become a source of competitive advantage. E-commerce is a cost effective way of accessing customers globally and competing on par with large businesses. Despite the many benefits of e-commerce, little research has been done to investigate the role of e-commerce in mitigating the location and gender specific barriers to SME growth. Therefore, it is the aim of this study to address such gap in the literature, as well as to identify strategy that can be used to stimulate the development of female-owned SMEs in urban and rural developing countries, using Indonesia as case study.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Kartiwi, Mira Gunawan, Teddy Surya
author_facet	Kartiwi, Mira Gunawan, Teddy Surya
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title	Assessment of e-commerce adoption benefits by Indonesian women entrepreneurs
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