Ali F. Farhoomand|Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen|L. Yee
Barriers to Global Electronic Commerce: A Cross-Country Study of Hong Kong and Finland
University of Hong Kong|Babson College|University of Hong Kong|Babson College|University of Hong Kong|Babson College
far electronic commerce primarily limited electronic businesstobusiness transactions small quickly growing consumeroriented activities internet electronic advertisements mated traditional mailorder operationswhat lies ahead future concept true global electronic commerce gec firms exploit virtual value chain migrate much valueadding activities physical marketplace virtual marketplacethe capability business concerns able reach global business community relatively small cost attractive promises transform international businessdespite realization become increasingly evident proliferation gec dependent resolution myriad technical organizational economic cultural political legal issuesin study field studies 10 companies hong kong finland conducted eye toward identifying major barriers hindered slowed wide acceptance electronic commerce across bordersin addition several countryspecific barriers gec resistance change lack education potentials gec lack flexible software found key inhibitors orderly acceptance deployment computermediated commerce global level