Global Reach for Community: Experiences of a University-Community Collaboration
Community-initiated information dissemination types of activities over the Internet are showing a growing trend in recent years. Local communities realized the potential of enormous benefits in promoting their locality in the Internet. This case focuses on an Internet-based community development project that promotes e-commerce concepts among customers, local businesses, and local government bodies. A volunteer organization, St. Albans Renaissance Group in the State of West Virginia, and a regional university, Marshall University at Huntington, West Virginia, spearheaded the project. The experiences gained in the process of developing a large Web site are discussed here. This case suggests an approach that could be used to develop Web sites for e-commerce in cash strapped local communities, and to increase the likelihood that the initiatives would be successful.
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2004
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Authors: | Mandal, Purnendu ; Shao, Dale H. ; Kennedy, Roger J. |
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Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO). - IGI Global, ISSN 1539-2937. - Vol. 2.2004, 4, p. 128-143
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IGI Global |
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