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Title:
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DOES SIZE MATTER? A STUDY COMPARING E-BUSINESS IMPLEMENTATION IN LARGE AND SMALL COMPANIES IN AUSTRALIA |
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Author(s):
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John Byrne , Mohini Singh , Xuemei Tian |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-06-2 |
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Editors:
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Nitya Karmakar and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2005 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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E-business benefits, e-business barriers, correlation, t-test. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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251 |
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Last Page:
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258 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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In recent years companies of all sizes have invested in e-business technologies in an attempt to gain a competitive advantage. This paper attempts a comparative analysis of the benefits from and barriers to e-business in small and large companies in Australia. We establish that a strong correlation exists between the ranking orders of large and small companies for both the benefits from and impediments to e-business indicating that for both the benefits and impediments the ranking orders are not independent. In other words there is a strong association between the ranking orders of large and small companies in both benefits and impediments to e-business. Further, investigation of the responses from small and large companies indicated that there generally appeared to be a higher level of response from large companies. T-tests were carried out to assess the statistical significance of these apparent differences. |
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