| Title |
Drivers of e-business activity in developed and emerging markets |
| ID_Doc |
70687 |
| Authors |
Gregorio, DD; Kassicieh, SK; Neto, RD |
| Title |
Drivers of e-business activity in developed and emerging markets |
| Year |
2005 |
| Published |
Ieee Transactions On Engineering Management, 52, 2 |
| DOI |
10.1109/TEM.2005.844464 |
| Abstract |
This paper presents the results of an empirical analysis of the determinants of e-business activity across a sample of 26 developed countries and 52 emerging markets. Several "e-readiness" indicators predict actual e-business activity, including Internet infrastructure, computer infrastructure, affordable telephone service, literacy rates, English language capabilities, and logistics infrastructure. No support was found for a linkage between e-business and institutional factors (i.e., country risk, economic freedom, and transparency) or payment infrastructure. Moreover, evidence of path dependence suggests that sustainable first-mover advantages are. conveyed upon early adopters of Internet technologies. Important regional differences also exist, with Asia leading other emerging markets and Eastern Europe lagging. Finally, analysis of a subsample of countries suggests that entrepreneurship rates drive e-business activity. The results document the persistence of the global digital divide and support a broad view of e-readiness, whereby a country's e-business activity depends not only upon information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure but also upon human capital and logistics infrastructure. The absence of a link between institutional factors and e-business suggests that e-business arises not only when supporting economic institutions exist but also as a means of overcoming inadequate institutional conditions. |
| Author Keywords |
determinants of e-business activity; digital divide; e-business policy for countries; e-commerce issues; emerging markets; entrepreneurship and e-business; models of e-commerce usage; statistical analysis of e-commerce parameters |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000228647200001 |
| WoS Category |
Business; Engineering, Industrial; Management |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics; Engineering |
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