Exploring the Structural Conditions Shaping Business-to-Consumer Electronic Commerce
Exploring the Structural Conditions Shaping Business-to-Consumer Electronic Commerce
dc.contributor.author | Cohen, Jason | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-24T19:58:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-24T19:58:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-01-05 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study investigated fifteen structural factors influencing B2C e-commerce penetration across country contexts. Data collected from secondary sources on a sample of 20 countries showed that e-commerce penetration depends on a country’s network readiness, institutional structures such as ICT laws, supply side labour skills, credit card penetration, per capita GDP and proportion of citizens online. Factors related to a country’s transportation infrastructure, its capacity for technological achievement and its degree of economic freedom are also of significance. The index of structural factors collectively accounts for approximately 76% of the observed variance in e-commerce penetration measured as the ratio of online shoppers to total internet users, and 80% of the observed variance in e-commerce penetration measured as share of total retail sales. The index provides a basis for ongoing analysis of e-commerce and its potential for growth. Results also have important policy implications. | |
dc.format.extent | 10 pages | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.24251/HICSS.2021.571 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0-9981331-4-0 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/71188 | |
dc.language.iso | English | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | The Diffusion, Impacts, Adoption and Usage of ICTs upon Society and Small Enterprises | |
dc.subject | cross-country comparison | |
dc.subject | e-commerce | |
dc.subject | online shopping | |
dc.title | Exploring the Structural Conditions Shaping Business-to-Consumer Electronic Commerce | |
prism.startingpage | 4703 |
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