Electronic commerce for Malaysian Electronics SMIs: a comparison of three Vertical Hub models

Author

Singh, Kamal Jit ; Ritchie, Barry ; Xu, Jun

Author_Institution

Graduate Coll. of Manage., Southern Cross Univ., Australia

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

13-15 June 2005

Firstpage

768

Abstract

As a result of the advent of new economy and the explosion Internet, more and more companies are embarking on e-commerce to stay competitive both locally and globally. This study compares three market-making models of Vertical Hub for Malaysian Electronics SMI sector. The primary data was collected via mail survey. This research found that the nature of transactions and business arrangements in the Malaysian Electronics SMI sector best suited the exchange model of the Vertical Hub. The results of this study have also both theoretical and practical implications.

Keywords

Internet; electronic commerce; electronics industry; small-to-medium enterprises; Internet; Malaysian electronics SMI sector; Vertical Hub model; auction model; business arrangements; catalogue model; competitive strategy; electronic commerce; exchange model; medium sized industries; small sized industries; transaction arrangements; Business; Companies; Consumer electronics; Costs; Electronic commerce; Electronics industry; Explosions; Internet; Manufacturing industries; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Services Systems and Services Management, 2005. Proceedings of ICSSSM '05. 2005 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8971-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSSSM.2005.1499581

Filename

1499581