An Expanded E-Commerce Process Model Serving E-Commerce Entrepreneurs

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Author(s): David Paper (Utah State University, USA)and Eric Pedersen (Dixie State College, USA)
Copyright: 2004
Pages: 28
Source title: The Social and Cognitive Impacts of e-Commerce on Modern Organizations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-249-7.ch003

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / E-Commerce

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In a previous study, we explored successful e-commerce small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to formulate an e-commerce (electronic commerce) process model. We adopted a qualitative research method to obtain a rich description of the e-commerce process. We then interviewed 15 entrepreneurs from established SME operations. From deep analysis of this data, we were able to devise an emergent model. This study extends the original model by conducting subsequent interviews with the 15 SME entrepreneurs. Our goal was to better understand the model by exploring omitted, missing, or incomplete elements. Hence, subsequent interviews asked respondents to identify key elements of the model that may have been omitted, and if so, where do they fit in the model? Deep analysis of the subsequent data allowed us to expand the original model.

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