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An
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Forecasts of the value
of global e-commerce in 2003 range between $1,408
billion and $3,878 billion, with growth projections
that in the most optimistic scenario put the global
volume of e-commerce at $12,837 billion by 2006.Over
95 per cent of these transactions were attributed to
e-commerce in developed countries. In some
estimates, Africa and Latin America combined
accounted for less than 1 per cent of global
e-commerce in 2002.(E-COMMERCE
AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2003)
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Importance of E Business |
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Widens
business opportunities and is suitable for
women. Internet brings more jobs for women.
Women can work at home and can be exposed to
a trade show.
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Small
business can use the internet.
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Customer
experience and user-friendly. Marketing on
the internet is somehow like the traditional
marketing with a buyer and seller. |
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Constraints |
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There are
huge regional differences in E-commerce as
it is positively related to GDP and the
degree of development. |
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There are
many constraints for women in less developed
economies as 1% of total commerce in Africa
is e-commerce. This ratio reaches 40% in
China and Japan has 4 millions on the
internet E-commerce. Japan has 15% of
E-commerce, America 20% and the rest of the
world 9%. |
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Security. |
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Relatively
expensive infrastructure |
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Different
languages |
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Priority
in developing countries where there are
still many other problems, such as high
infant mortality |
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Managing
external relations is a clue of success.
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Women can play a considerable role in
fostering E-commerce through encouraging
governmental actions for the future to build
the needed infrastructure and to create a
universal service , to facilitate access to
knowledge, and convince NGO's through
micro-finance to give women computers. It
could be the best work for women at home
This could also push for democratizing the
E-world (Conference on Women in Business,
Barcelona,2002) |
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