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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478930303321

Autore

Tham Siew Yean

Titolo

E-commerce for Malaysian SMEs in Selected Services : Barriers and Benefits / / Siew Yean Tham, Jia Yi Andrew Kam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : ISEAS Publishing, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

981-4881-39-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (48 p.)

Soggetti

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- FOREWORD -- E-commerce for Malaysian SMEs in Selected Services: Barriers and Benefits -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: SURVEY RESULTS

Sommario/riassunto

Findings from a recent survey done to identify the barriers and benefits of e-commerce for Malaysian SMEs in the retail and food and beverage services indicate that both e-commerce adopters and non-adopters are similar in that they perceive the CEO or decision-maker to be the most important factor in the adoption of e-commerce. The relative importance of the other three main factors (namely, organizational, technological and environmental) differ for adopters and non-adopters. Likewise, there are also differences in response based on firm size. Based on the survey findings, Malaysia needs to shift from one-size-fits-all strategies to a more nuanced policy response that addresses the differences in perceived barriers of adopters and non-adopters and which is also cognizant of firm size. Grant recipients are more concerned about technological and environmental factors, indicating that grants need henceforth to be accompanied by appropriate policies that address these two barriers. The perceived benefits focus more on the domestic market than on exports. Getting firms to invest in e-commerce does not automatically lead to export. Exporting via e-commerce requires complementary policies that focus on specific



issues, such as digital marketing at the targeted export destination.