TY - BOOK AU - Karake-Shalhoub,Zeinab AU - Al Qasimi,Lubna ED - Edward Elgar Publishing. TI - The diffusion of e-commerce in developing economies: a resource-based approach SN - 9781847202994 (e-book) AV - HF5548.325.D44 D54 2006 U1 - 381/.172091724 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Cheltenham, U.K., Northampton, Mass. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Electronic commerce KW - Developing countries KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Establishing the context -- 2. e-Commerce and e-Government : a review -- 3. Resource-based view and theory -- 4. Methodology and development of hypotheses -- 5. Data collection and empirical results -- 6. Where do we go from here? N2 - The authors of this unique volume provide a timely and valuable perspective on how technology and the Internet revolution are changing business and spurring development across the world, especially in emerging countries. Utilizing a framework grounded in rigorous theory, they provide a fine-grained understanding of electronic commerce adoption processes by public and private sector entities in developing countries. In so doing, they consider how each exchange encounter is shaped by, and in turn shapes, relational characteristics that form the basis for growth and development UR - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781843765141.xml ER -