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The use of online marketplaces for competitive advantage: a Latin American perspective
Rohm, Andrew J.; Kashyap, Vishal; Brashear, Thomas G.; … - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 19 (2004) 6, pp. 372-385
cannot ignore the competitive advantages that accrue by employing the Internet into their strategies. This paper presents a … variety of decision models that small and medium enterprises can employ to integrate the Internet into their business …
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Developing Web services using the Microsoft.Net platform: technical and business challenges
Currie, Wendy L.; Wang, Xinkun; Weerakkody, Vishanth - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 17 (2004) 5, pp. 335-350
This paper discusses an ongoing research programme, which explores the development of the software‐as‐a‐service business model by different service providers (xSPs). With the demise of the first phase of the ASP market, due to the failure of vendors to provide business value to potential...
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Evaluating internet usage and ecommerce growth in Greece
Xanthidis, Dimitrios; Nicholas, David - In: Aslib Proceedings 56 (2004) 6, pp. 356-366
initiatives and investments, technology available at a reasonable price, and public acceptance of the internet as an efficient … politicians in Greece are aware of these essential requirements as well. However, although internet access has grown significantly …
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eCommerce: a critical review
Reynolds, Jonathan - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 28 (2000) 10, pp. 417-444
Offers a preliminary assessment of electronic commerce. Rarely has the retail and consumer services sector been faced with a strategic challenge of such significant complexity and uncertainty that is growing so rapidly. Suggests that the academic world is lagging behind the world of practice in...
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Successful strategies for e‐commerce
In: Strategic Direction 24 (2008) 3, pp. 24-26
small and medium‐sized enterprises (SME) without the strategic commitment of managers. The internet provides an extensive … take advantage of the internet, the Pandora case study shows a small book retailer becoming the largest bookstore in Turkey …
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From servicescape to “cyberscape”
Williams, Russell; Dargel, Miriam - In: Marketing Intelligence & Planning 22 (2004) 3, pp. 310-320
Following Bitner's well‐known “servicescape” model, the propensity of physical surroundings to facilitate organisational as well as marketing goals is now well researched. Their importance is, in general, more important in service settings because of the unique characteristics of services,...
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Promoting services via the Internet: new opportunities and challenges
Zinkhan, George M. - In: Journal of Services Marketing 16 (2002) 5, pp. 412-423
The Internet has the potential to revolutionize all kinds of business activities, including the creation, promotion … opportunities for delivering and promoting services via the Internet. The first framework is based on technology and network … boundaries (e.g. intranet, extranet, Internet). The second framework is based on the business objective of the network …
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Setting an institutional and regulatory framework for trading platforms
Valiante, Diego - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 21 (2013) 1, pp. 69-83
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical framework for the legal classification of trading venues in financial markets. Currently, there is no clear definition of when a trading platform should be classified as multilateral or bilateral. This paper builds a theoretical...
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The South African Natural Wine Industry — Recent History with Particular Reference to the Influence of Stellenbosch Farmers' Winery
Garrett, Peter - In: International Journal of Wine Marketing 7 (1995) 2, pp. 46-54
Natural wine was not a factor in South Africa until after 1935. However, the hybrid Pinotage was produced in the 1920's and the now quasi government KWV representing wine farmers, was far reachingly empowered to fix the price of distilling wine. South Africa is traditionally a national brandy...
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Market Structure and Performance in Australian Banking
Sathye, Milind - In: Review of Accounting and Finance 4 (2005) 2, pp. 107-124
The paper uses annual and pooled data on Australian banks for the years 1994 to 1996 to test the two competing hypotheses of market structure and performance; namely, the structure‐conduct‐performance hypothesis (in concentrated markets firms derive higher profits due to collusion) and the...
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