Barriers to Electronic Commerce Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises in I...Shakir Ali
Globally internet has changed the way in which businesses were performed traditionally. Developed countries have benefited from implementing e-commerce. But, in case of emerging economies like India the adoption of ecommerce has been very slow due to challenges posed by a number of barriers. In India, though the large corporations have adopted e-commerce and successfully explored the business opportunities, the small and medium enterprises are yet to benefit from adopting e-commerce. This paper reflects on the barriers that the small and medium enterprises face in India in process of adoption of ecommerce. It analyses both the external and internal factors that affect the adoption of e-commerce.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The Journal will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to
Mobile Payment System Adoption among Informal Sector in Anambra StateYogeshIJTSRD
Advancements in mobile technologies have led to an increased uptake of smart phones. This has led to a growing trend in mobile payment m payment activities. However, Mobile payment system have not taken off as fast as expected. The slow adoption rate of mobile payment system raise many questions about what influences consumer behavioural intention to adopt. The main objective of this study was to ascertain the extent of Mobile Payment adoption among informal sector in Anambra State of Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design because this design allowed the researcher to collect data from the respondents and make inferences from this information. The study examined the constructs developed from the literature reviewed, which are Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived cost, Perceived Trust and Perceived Risk as regards adoption of mobile payment system, which is supported by the extended Technology Acceptance Model TAM . The data for this study was collected using a structured questionnaire and out of the 246 questionnaire distributed to the mobile phone users, operating under the informal sector of the three major cities Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi in Anambra state, 236 questionnaires were returned. The findings showed that Perceived risk and Perceived cost have a negative influence on Behavioural Intention to adopt mobile payment among the informal sector. While Perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and Perceived trust do not significantly influence Behavioural Intention to adopt mobile payment among the informal sector. The researcher therefore recommends that Mobile payment parties should ensure that they offer mobile payment service at cheap cost so that informal sector will feel convenient to use it as they are mostly price conscious. Anyaeneh Vivian Kamsoluchi | Rev. Prof. A. D. Nkamnebe "Mobile Payment System Adoption among Informal Sector in Anambra State" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43892.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/43892/mobile-payment-system-adoption-among-informal-sector-in-anambra-state/anyaeneh-vivian-kamsoluchi
Digital Financial Inclusion among Tribes A Post Covid Pandemic ScenarioYogeshIJTSRD
Digital financial inclusion ensures that the marginalized and underserved population has digital access to and use of formal financial services. Such services should be personalized to the needs of consumers and delivered responsibly, at a cost that is both affordable consumers and fair for suppliers. For both individuals and companies, the digitalization of finance can reduce costs and open up new market and livelihood opportunities to help nations rebuild better after Covid 19. This study assesses the extent of digital financial inclusion and measures the awareness and usage level of digital financial services among tribal people in Kasaragod district, Kerala. The results showed that there is association between age of the respondents and the period of using digital financial services and also there is no significant difference between males and females in usage of digital financial services. The study reveals that people having different educational group have different level of awareness about digital financial services. Nisha K | Dr. Jayarajan T K "Digital Financial Inclusion among Tribes: A Post Covid Pandemic Scenario" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43815.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/social-science/43815/digital-financial-inclusion-among-tribes-a-post-covid-pandemic-scenario/nisha-k
Barriers to Electronic Commerce Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises in I...Shakir Ali
Globally internet has changed the way in which businesses were performed traditionally. Developed countries have benefited from implementing e-commerce. But, in case of emerging economies like India the adoption of ecommerce has been very slow due to challenges posed by a number of barriers. In India, though the large corporations have adopted e-commerce and successfully explored the business opportunities, the small and medium enterprises are yet to benefit from adopting e-commerce. This paper reflects on the barriers that the small and medium enterprises face in India in process of adoption of ecommerce. It analyses both the external and internal factors that affect the adoption of e-commerce.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The Journal will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to
Mobile Payment System Adoption among Informal Sector in Anambra StateYogeshIJTSRD
Advancements in mobile technologies have led to an increased uptake of smart phones. This has led to a growing trend in mobile payment m payment activities. However, Mobile payment system have not taken off as fast as expected. The slow adoption rate of mobile payment system raise many questions about what influences consumer behavioural intention to adopt. The main objective of this study was to ascertain the extent of Mobile Payment adoption among informal sector in Anambra State of Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design because this design allowed the researcher to collect data from the respondents and make inferences from this information. The study examined the constructs developed from the literature reviewed, which are Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived cost, Perceived Trust and Perceived Risk as regards adoption of mobile payment system, which is supported by the extended Technology Acceptance Model TAM . The data for this study was collected using a structured questionnaire and out of the 246 questionnaire distributed to the mobile phone users, operating under the informal sector of the three major cities Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi in Anambra state, 236 questionnaires were returned. The findings showed that Perceived risk and Perceived cost have a negative influence on Behavioural Intention to adopt mobile payment among the informal sector. While Perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and Perceived trust do not significantly influence Behavioural Intention to adopt mobile payment among the informal sector. The researcher therefore recommends that Mobile payment parties should ensure that they offer mobile payment service at cheap cost so that informal sector will feel convenient to use it as they are mostly price conscious. Anyaeneh Vivian Kamsoluchi | Rev. Prof. A. D. Nkamnebe "Mobile Payment System Adoption among Informal Sector in Anambra State" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43892.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/43892/mobile-payment-system-adoption-among-informal-sector-in-anambra-state/anyaeneh-vivian-kamsoluchi
Digital Financial Inclusion among Tribes A Post Covid Pandemic ScenarioYogeshIJTSRD
Digital financial inclusion ensures that the marginalized and underserved population has digital access to and use of formal financial services. Such services should be personalized to the needs of consumers and delivered responsibly, at a cost that is both affordable consumers and fair for suppliers. For both individuals and companies, the digitalization of finance can reduce costs and open up new market and livelihood opportunities to help nations rebuild better after Covid 19. This study assesses the extent of digital financial inclusion and measures the awareness and usage level of digital financial services among tribal people in Kasaragod district, Kerala. The results showed that there is association between age of the respondents and the period of using digital financial services and also there is no significant difference between males and females in usage of digital financial services. The study reveals that people having different educational group have different level of awareness about digital financial services. Nisha K | Dr. Jayarajan T K "Digital Financial Inclusion among Tribes: A Post Covid Pandemic Scenario" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43815.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/social-science/43815/digital-financial-inclusion-among-tribes-a-post-covid-pandemic-scenario/nisha-k
The Role of Technology Acceptance Model in Explaining Effect on E-Commerce Ap...IJMIT JOURNAL
Today e-commerce has become crucial element to transform some of the world countries into an information society. Business to consumer (B2C) in the developing countries is not yet a normalcy as compared to the developed countries. Consumer behaviour research has shown disappointing results regarding the overall use of the Web for online shopping, despite its considerable promise as a channel for commerce. As the use of the Internet continues to grow in all aspects of daily life, there is an increasing need to better understand what trends of internet usage and to study the barriers and problem of ecommerce adoption. Hence, the purpose of this research is to define how far Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) contributed in e-commerce adoption. Data for this study was collected by the means of a survey conducted in Malaysia in 2010. A total of 611 questionnaire forms were delivered to respondents. The location of respondents was within Penang state. By studying this sample, conclusions would be drawn to generalize the interests of the population.
Impact of e commerce toward indonesian silk industry the changing value chai...ijmvsc
The advent of the internet and information technology has revolutionarized the way small medium
enterprise do business, particularly those that in the silk industry. This preliminary research will look at
the definitions of e-commerce by various authors including Turban et al (2002) and Nezu (2001). A
definition of commerce will be suggested that takes into account all the areas in e-commerce including
business-to-business e-commerce and intrabusiness e-commerce which are usually not mentioned in many
definitions of e-commerce.The new types of products i.e. digital products as well as the new business
models which include content, affiliate and customization will be mentioned. The impact of technology on
the value chain in particular disintermediation and cybermediation with relevancies from the Indonesian
Silk Industry will be discussed.The theory of Diffusion of Innovation will be stated used to understand the
evolution of the internet and the adoption of web technologies by SME.Finally, the future of e-commerce
which includes the lessons learnt from start-up failures and the way that click-and-mortar industries can
be successful will be discussed.
An Empirical Study on the Mediating Effect of E-Service Recovery Satisfaction...iosrjce
In the era of Internet and the accelerating rate of using the e-context as a marketing tool by wide
range of companies, customer retention becomes a crucial element in firm’s survival. Losing customers to
competitors in e-context is a constant threat as it is a click away .The current study aims at at investigating the
influence of five customer factors namely; E-Trust, Prior Experience, Customer’s Perception of Feedback, ELoyalty
and Digital Awareness on Customer Retention. The study has investigated whether E-Service Recovery
Satisfaction (E-SRS) has a mediating role on these relations in Airline Industry in Malaysia. A questionnaire is
designed as a data collection tool. The unit of analysis is Malaysian passengers who used the local Airlines and
faced a service failure. Sequential Equation Modeling is employed to analyze the data collected using closedended
multiple choice questionnaire.
Effect of Advertising Media on Sales Performance of Cable TV Network Firms in...AI Publications
The study aimed to investigate the impacts of advertising media on sales performance of firms in Cable TV network sector in Mwanza city, Tanzania. Specifically, this study concentrated in determining how digital marketing affects sales performance, determining effect of TV/Radio on sales performance of firms, assessing effect of outdoor (out of home) on sales performance.. This study employed quantitative methodology. The targeted population of the study was about 414 network managers from the six Cable TV network service providers and A sample of 83 network managers, selected from a population of 414 Cable TV network firms and were selected using simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire and documentary review are used to collect data. The study employed descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The results revealed that all the advertising media namelydigital marketing, TV/Radio and outdoor had a significantly positive effect on sales performance of Cable Network firms. The study further found that mobile marketing had the highest effect of firms’ ales performance followed by outdoor adverting, then social media marketing and lastly TV/Radio. The study lastly recommends that management should create readiness of the company in terms of ensuring products and organization area, and establish a great team. The study also recommended that Cable TV firms should use more of modern advertising especially mobile marketing and social media marketing as they can be accessed by customer 24/7/365 and will reach more people. The marketing/Advertising department should develop marketing plan for advertising to assist measuring effectiveness of each advertising media and hence this can help in developing effective marketing activities.
Customer Perception towards Service Quality in Indian Telecommunication Industryinventionjournals
Customers are the hearts of any industry. Telecommunication being a service oriented industry always puts priority to find ways of making customers happy and satisfied. Sensing this importance, this study was conducted to determine what makes customers perception towards service quality of Telecommunication Industry. Researchers confined the study within sathyamanagalam, in tamil nadu. A structured questionnaire developed based on previous works was distributed among 100 customers who were selected conveniently for the study. A customer perception model was developed including variables taken from the extensive review of previous literature. Those variables are responsiveness, reliability, assurance, tangibility, empathy, perceived network quality. Model was tested using SPSS, statistical software package, and found personal and market factor, perceived quality, perceived value and company image statistically significant
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The Influence of Sales Promotion and Brand Image toward the Purchasing Decisi...YogeshIJTSRD
The aim of this research is to know the influence of sales promotion and brand image to Shopee platform toward consumer purchasing decision by students in FISIP Slamet Riyadi Surakarta. The method uses survey. This research includes as quantitative explanative research. Research population is students of FISIP Slamet Riyadi Surakarta who buy products through Shopee. Technique sampling in nonprobability uses accidental sampling with 96 respondents. Technique of collecting data is questionnaire as primer data and files, documents as seconder data. Validity data test uses moment product test and reliability data test uses cronbach alpha test. Analysis technique uses multiple regressions analysis by doing classic assumption test. The result shows that, as simultanouesly, both of free variables influence purchasing decision, while, as individually, sales promotion does not give influence to purchasing decision as 0,848. Then, brand image gives significant influence to purchasing decision as 0,004. Nurnawati Hindra Hastuti | Andri Astuti Itasari "The Influence of Sales Promotion and Brand Image toward the Purchasing Decision in Shopee Platform" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43905.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/social-science/43905/the-influence-of-sales-promotion-and-brand-image-toward-the-purchasing-decision-in-shopee-platform/nurnawati-hindra-hastuti
This paper examines the optimization of purchasing through the use of Internet based systems (electronic Procurement). The focus of this paper is the impact of these systems on the supply chain structure and how they are able to change the procurement function to a strategic operating resource for the organization. The empirical research information is based upon a study carried out that analyzed the supply chain strategies being adopted by public organizations. Respondents ranged from 100 to state corporations, experienced users of e-procurement systems to those just starting out on their pilot investigations of the contribution of such systems to purchasing efficiency. A significant result from the study was that whilst a large number of organizations were e-procurement adopters, less than half of them believed that procurement had a strategic function. The case of state corporations is used, as an example, illustrating the ability of state organizations with a strategic capability in procurement, achieved through e-procurement systems, gaining significant organizational benefits via cost and process reductions.
Implementation of E-commerce - prashant vermaPrashant Verma
This study will help in retailers to understand the customer perspective with exploring opportunity & challenges and bracing themselves up as they were enter into this territory which is showing a lot of promise. From this study we concluding timing is changing & to get succeed we need to adopt the changes around us. We should prepare us properly to upcoming challenges & should try to understand the both customer and retailer perspective so to bridge the gap.
Globally internet has changed the way in which businesses were performed traditionally. Developed countries have benefited from implementing e-commerce. But, in case of emerging economies like India the adoption of e-commerce has been very slow due to challenges posed by a number of barriers. In India, though the large corporations have adopted e-commerce and successfully explored the business opportunities, the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are yet to benefit from adopting e-commerce. This presentation reflects on the barriers that the SMEs face in India in process of adoption of e-commerce. It analyses both the external and internal factors that affect the adoption of e-commerce. In the end recommendations are also mentioned.
The Role of Technology Acceptance Model in Explaining Effect on E-Commerce Ap...IJMIT JOURNAL
Today e-commerce has become crucial element to transform some of the world countries into an information society. Business to consumer (B2C) in the developing countries is not yet a normalcy as compared to the developed countries. Consumer behaviour research has shown disappointing results regarding the overall use of the Web for online shopping, despite its considerable promise as a channel for commerce. As the use of the Internet continues to grow in all aspects of daily life, there is an increasing need to better understand what trends of internet usage and to study the barriers and problem of ecommerce adoption. Hence, the purpose of this research is to define how far Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) contributed in e-commerce adoption. Data for this study was collected by the means of a survey conducted in Malaysia in 2010. A total of 611 questionnaire forms were delivered to respondents. The location of respondents was within Penang state. By studying this sample, conclusions would be drawn to generalize the interests of the population.
Impact of e commerce toward indonesian silk industry the changing value chai...ijmvsc
The advent of the internet and information technology has revolutionarized the way small medium
enterprise do business, particularly those that in the silk industry. This preliminary research will look at
the definitions of e-commerce by various authors including Turban et al (2002) and Nezu (2001). A
definition of commerce will be suggested that takes into account all the areas in e-commerce including
business-to-business e-commerce and intrabusiness e-commerce which are usually not mentioned in many
definitions of e-commerce.The new types of products i.e. digital products as well as the new business
models which include content, affiliate and customization will be mentioned. The impact of technology on
the value chain in particular disintermediation and cybermediation with relevancies from the Indonesian
Silk Industry will be discussed.The theory of Diffusion of Innovation will be stated used to understand the
evolution of the internet and the adoption of web technologies by SME.Finally, the future of e-commerce
which includes the lessons learnt from start-up failures and the way that click-and-mortar industries can
be successful will be discussed.
An Empirical Study on the Mediating Effect of E-Service Recovery Satisfaction...iosrjce
In the era of Internet and the accelerating rate of using the e-context as a marketing tool by wide
range of companies, customer retention becomes a crucial element in firm’s survival. Losing customers to
competitors in e-context is a constant threat as it is a click away .The current study aims at at investigating the
influence of five customer factors namely; E-Trust, Prior Experience, Customer’s Perception of Feedback, ELoyalty
and Digital Awareness on Customer Retention. The study has investigated whether E-Service Recovery
Satisfaction (E-SRS) has a mediating role on these relations in Airline Industry in Malaysia. A questionnaire is
designed as a data collection tool. The unit of analysis is Malaysian passengers who used the local Airlines and
faced a service failure. Sequential Equation Modeling is employed to analyze the data collected using closedended
multiple choice questionnaire.
Effect of Advertising Media on Sales Performance of Cable TV Network Firms in...AI Publications
The study aimed to investigate the impacts of advertising media on sales performance of firms in Cable TV network sector in Mwanza city, Tanzania. Specifically, this study concentrated in determining how digital marketing affects sales performance, determining effect of TV/Radio on sales performance of firms, assessing effect of outdoor (out of home) on sales performance.. This study employed quantitative methodology. The targeted population of the study was about 414 network managers from the six Cable TV network service providers and A sample of 83 network managers, selected from a population of 414 Cable TV network firms and were selected using simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire and documentary review are used to collect data. The study employed descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The results revealed that all the advertising media namelydigital marketing, TV/Radio and outdoor had a significantly positive effect on sales performance of Cable Network firms. The study further found that mobile marketing had the highest effect of firms’ ales performance followed by outdoor adverting, then social media marketing and lastly TV/Radio. The study lastly recommends that management should create readiness of the company in terms of ensuring products and organization area, and establish a great team. The study also recommended that Cable TV firms should use more of modern advertising especially mobile marketing and social media marketing as they can be accessed by customer 24/7/365 and will reach more people. The marketing/Advertising department should develop marketing plan for advertising to assist measuring effectiveness of each advertising media and hence this can help in developing effective marketing activities.
Customer Perception towards Service Quality in Indian Telecommunication Industryinventionjournals
Customers are the hearts of any industry. Telecommunication being a service oriented industry always puts priority to find ways of making customers happy and satisfied. Sensing this importance, this study was conducted to determine what makes customers perception towards service quality of Telecommunication Industry. Researchers confined the study within sathyamanagalam, in tamil nadu. A structured questionnaire developed based on previous works was distributed among 100 customers who were selected conveniently for the study. A customer perception model was developed including variables taken from the extensive review of previous literature. Those variables are responsiveness, reliability, assurance, tangibility, empathy, perceived network quality. Model was tested using SPSS, statistical software package, and found personal and market factor, perceived quality, perceived value and company image statistically significant
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journal publishing, how to publish research paper, Call For research paper, international journal, publishing a paper, IJERD, journal of science and technology, how to get a research paper published, publishing a paper, publishing of journal, publishing of research paper, reserach and review articles, IJERD Journal, How to publish your research paper, publish research paper, open access engineering journal, Engineering journal, Mathemetics journal, Physics journal, Chemistry journal, Computer Engineering, Computer Science journal, how to submit your paper, peer reviw journal, indexed journal, reserach and review articles, engineering journal, www.ijerd.com, research journals,
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The Influence of Sales Promotion and Brand Image toward the Purchasing Decisi...YogeshIJTSRD
The aim of this research is to know the influence of sales promotion and brand image to Shopee platform toward consumer purchasing decision by students in FISIP Slamet Riyadi Surakarta. The method uses survey. This research includes as quantitative explanative research. Research population is students of FISIP Slamet Riyadi Surakarta who buy products through Shopee. Technique sampling in nonprobability uses accidental sampling with 96 respondents. Technique of collecting data is questionnaire as primer data and files, documents as seconder data. Validity data test uses moment product test and reliability data test uses cronbach alpha test. Analysis technique uses multiple regressions analysis by doing classic assumption test. The result shows that, as simultanouesly, both of free variables influence purchasing decision, while, as individually, sales promotion does not give influence to purchasing decision as 0,848. Then, brand image gives significant influence to purchasing decision as 0,004. Nurnawati Hindra Hastuti | Andri Astuti Itasari "The Influence of Sales Promotion and Brand Image toward the Purchasing Decision in Shopee Platform" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43905.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/social-science/43905/the-influence-of-sales-promotion-and-brand-image-toward-the-purchasing-decision-in-shopee-platform/nurnawati-hindra-hastuti
This paper examines the optimization of purchasing through the use of Internet based systems (electronic Procurement). The focus of this paper is the impact of these systems on the supply chain structure and how they are able to change the procurement function to a strategic operating resource for the organization. The empirical research information is based upon a study carried out that analyzed the supply chain strategies being adopted by public organizations. Respondents ranged from 100 to state corporations, experienced users of e-procurement systems to those just starting out on their pilot investigations of the contribution of such systems to purchasing efficiency. A significant result from the study was that whilst a large number of organizations were e-procurement adopters, less than half of them believed that procurement had a strategic function. The case of state corporations is used, as an example, illustrating the ability of state organizations with a strategic capability in procurement, achieved through e-procurement systems, gaining significant organizational benefits via cost and process reductions.
Implementation of E-commerce - prashant vermaPrashant Verma
This study will help in retailers to understand the customer perspective with exploring opportunity & challenges and bracing themselves up as they were enter into this territory which is showing a lot of promise. From this study we concluding timing is changing & to get succeed we need to adopt the changes around us. We should prepare us properly to upcoming challenges & should try to understand the both customer and retailer perspective so to bridge the gap.
Globally internet has changed the way in which businesses were performed traditionally. Developed countries have benefited from implementing e-commerce. But, in case of emerging economies like India the adoption of e-commerce has been very slow due to challenges posed by a number of barriers. In India, though the large corporations have adopted e-commerce and successfully explored the business opportunities, the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are yet to benefit from adopting e-commerce. This presentation reflects on the barriers that the SMEs face in India in process of adoption of e-commerce. It analyses both the external and internal factors that affect the adoption of e-commerce. In the end recommendations are also mentioned.
Local Small Scale Enterprises Expectations and Potential Benefits on e Commer...ijtsrd
This study assessed the expectations and potential benefits on e commerce of local small scale enterprises in Northern Samar, Philippines. Specifically, it tried to find out the profile of the seventy four enterprises in the province, evaluate the expectations of the small scale enterprises on e commerce capabilities and determine the potential benefits of the small scale enterprises from e commerce implementation. The descriptive evaluative research was used. This study likewise employed the complete enumeration of the enterprises that have potential in adapting e commerce. The enterprise’s primary business included industrial products manufacturing, computers and electronics manufacturing, communications, financial services, computer services, consulting, consumer products manufacturing, food and agriculture, and others. The enterprises had one 1 to four 4 personal computers and had one telephone line. Majority of the enterprises had an access to the internet on a broadband line. And that, e commerce capabilities will be implemented within one year. The potential benefits of e commerce use to the enterprise were very significant. The respondents considered that through e commerce the enterprises will improve its information exchange with customers, increase the loyalty and retention of the customers, and increase the service to the customer as well as the revenue. Moreover, e commerce is very important in the improvement of the competitive position to the enterprise and also the enhancement of the image of enterprise. Dr. Maiden Grace Anquilo Gan "Local Small Scale Enterprises: Expectations and Potential Benefits on e-Commerce Landscape" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3 , April 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49705.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/business-and-retail-research/49705/local-small-scale-enterprises-expectations-and-potential-benefits-on-ecommerce-landscape/dr-maiden-grace-anquilo-gan
In Tanzania e-commerce opportunities can be a meaningful approach for business firms to be able to compete with business enterprises with the lowest possible costs and international penetration. This study aims to analyze the application of e-commerce from the angle of value to riskanalysis on business processes in Tanzania. The methodology employed in the form of survey, where questionnaire from a sample of 132 companies in Dar-es-salaam were collected. The study provides new findings on the relationship between perceived value and perceived risk. There is still a positive correlation between the two variables, however, the Gap between them is not significant. This study has highlighted the practical importance of business enterprises to encompass e-commerce technologies to look at the broader picture. Benefits like cost reduction and profit maximization, increased efficient and effectiveness of operation, market expansion are likely to be gained with wider e-commerce usage.
There are a couple of limitations to the study; Financial and time constraints, also, the research was only based in Tanzania using third party contacts.
This study aims to determine whether the simultaneous use of finance, business training, and e-commerce has a favorable
and significant impact on microbusiness revenue. Multiple linear regression is being used in this quantitative research
approach. The people who participate in microbusinesses and have received business training make up the population of
this study. Purposive sampling, a non-probability sample technique, and a total of 100 respondents make up the approach
employed in this study. The questions for this study were made available and directly completed by respondents using
Google Forms. The Likert scale was employed by the author as a measurement in this study. The usage of e-commerce has
a good and considerable impact on microbusiness income, according to the research findings. Microbusiness income is
significantly and favorably impacted by capital. Microbusiness income is significantly and favorably affected by enterprise
training. Microbusiness revenue benefits significantly and positively from the usage of e-commerce, financing, and business
training all at once. 52% of microbusiness income is impacted by the usage of e-commerce, financing, and enterprise
training. The other 48%, meanwhile, was affected by things unrelated to this study
AN EVALUATION OF THE PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF ELECTRONIC BUSINESS ADOPTION IN TH...ectijjournal
The study evaluated the perceived benefits of electronic business adoption in the Zimbabwean service sector
in Harare. A qualitative case study was adopted. The interview technique was deployed as a data gathering
instrument. Purposive sampling was used to select 100 service sector companies registered on the Zimbabwe
Stock Exchange (SZE).The findings revealed that electronic business is a catalyst to organisational
profitability and productivity. The study also discovered that electronic business improves communication
and open economy at national and international level. The study recommended that in order for the
sustainable growth of electronic business to take place, the institutional environment requires to be in favour
of the online trading systems.
AN EVALUATION OF THE PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF ELECTRONIC BUSINESS ADOPTION IN TH...ectijjournal
The study evaluated the perceived benefits of electronic business adoption in the Zimbabwean service sector in Harare. A qualitative case study was adopted. The interview technique was deployed as a data gathering instrument. Purposive sampling was used to select 100 service sector companies registered on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (SZE).The findings revealed that electronic business is a catalyst to organisational profitability and productivity. The study also discovered that electronic business improves communication and open economy at national and international level. The study recommended that in order for the sustainable growth of electronic business to take place, the institutional environment requires to be in favour of the online trading systems.
Electronic Customer Relationship Management and Consumer Behaviour (A Study o...IJRTEMJOURNAL
The study focuses on electronic customer relationship management and consumer behavior with
special emphasis on diamond bank Plc. Retail financial services in all markets, including emerging markets, are
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Paper: Challenges for Adopting E-Commerce in Agriculture in Nepalese Context — a Case Study of Kathmandu Valley
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pp. 305–312
Challenges for Adopting E-Commerce in Agriculture in Nepalese
Context — a Case Study of Kathmandu Valley
Saban Kumar K.C. 1, Arun Kumar Timalsina 2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
1 Department of Computer and Electronics & Communication Engineering, Kathford International College of Engineering and
Management, Balkumari , Lalitpur, Nepal
2Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Insitute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
*Corresponding Email: er.saban@kathford.edu.np
Abstract
E-Commerce is one among the important determinants of the technological era that is being observed in this
millennium. It is widely recognized as the tool for enhancing efficiency of different kinds of product marketing as
well as retailing. However, Nepalese economy, as a whole, has exploited its benefits in a very little and in particular,
agricultural markets. This study has investigated the challenges of E-Commerce in agriculture with multiple
perspective based descriptive-analytical approach. The data were collected from questionnaires consisting two
parts, including: challenges of E-Commerce and E-Commerce implementation strategies for agriculture sector.
For adopting E-Commerce in agriculture; computer’s unpopularity as a business tool among farmer and farmers’
low levels of literacy (technical-educational factor with factor load 0.61 and 0.51 respectively), the lack of the
culture of using computer for marketing purpose (cultural factor with factor load 0.59) , online payment system
complexities (security factor with factor load 0.43) and lack of government serious support and investment in
E-Commerce (public factor with factor load 0.64) were identified as major challenges. Furthermore, building the
suitable E-Commerce portals for agricultural product (CoV: 0.214) along with awareness about advantages of
E-Commerce to farmers and consumers (CoV: 0.234) and ease the process of online payment system (CoV:
0.241) with community level initiation in this sector (CoV: 0.26), entry of private sectors in E-Commerce (CoV:
0.266) and internet education to farmers (CoV: 0.274) were prioritized solutions for implementation of E-Commerce
in agriculture.
Keywords
E-Commerce – agro-product – challenges – strategies
1. Introduction
1.1 Background
Even in countries with poor infrastructure and access to
information technology, evidence exists that dynamic
enterprises and governments have taken advantages of
the possibilities offered by E-Commerce[1] with facing
many barriers such as economic, sociopolitical and
cognitive factors[2], linguistic, infrastructure market
size and E-Business costs[3]. Unlike electronics, books,
sporting goods, pharmaceuticals, and even clothes, there
are inherent drawbacks to going to the web to get
groceries delivered[4]. 4% of consumers in Los Angeles
were buying groceries online, and just 8% in Seattle. In
New York, 16% were using these services. It shows that
the online grocery delivery industry is in its earliest
stages even in USA[5].
In Nepalese context, internet subscribers in Nepal
reached 38.78% of whole population[6]. More than two
dozen E-Commerce sites are active where Metrotarkari,
Chizbiz, Agromart, Kaymu are some existing online
groceries from Kathmandu valley. As Nepal is
agricultural nation, percentage contribution to GDP by
agriculture and forestry sector is 33%[7] which
indicates the increasing value of this sector in Nepalese
economy. Predominance of intermediaries, influence of
Indian market, lack of master plan, poor storage,
processing and transportation facilities and weak market
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intelligence[8] are few pitfalls of agricultural marketing
system where infrastructural-technical, social, cultural,
agriculture state and educational factors[9]are relevant
barriers to adapt E-Commerce in agriculture. On these
backgrounds and contexts, this study was carried out to
find out the current challenges for implementing
E-Commerce in agriculture in the scenario of
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
1.2 Problem Statement
Before a decade E-Commerce was setup as sending
gifts and money online and other websites promoting
“Send Gifts to Nepal” which had merely a concept of
E-Commerce. It was target to Nepali residing in USA,
UK, Australia and Europe. There was no effect of that
business to support the E-Commerce concept in Nepal.
Gradually the business was promoted by other
companies who saw there was a marginal profit. Along
with the rise of IT, and business concept many online
stores were launched but they didn’t have the actual
process of buying and selling online. They were the
virtual stores with the best example which gave a
concept of selling and buying online but not paying.
Many online portals and shopping portals are launched.
Leaving the measurement of success behind, they are
now on the top list. Peeping into the future of
E-Commerce, launch of few large online shopping
portals was thought as milestone; everyone thought
there will be a turnaround in the E-Commerce industry
in Nepal. Now having dozens of virtual Nepali stores in
the web, they still have the same problem of payment
and a belief of people, they still have a level of trust to
build among the visitors[10].
Marketing access to customers and the lack of
knowledge about the market prices are some problems
of the agricultural production cycle. Villagers and
farmers, who are generally small producers, have to
accept middlemen prices and as a consequence they will
not gain enough benefit. Another problem of farmers is
insufficient awareness of prices and market demand.
The agricultural marketing system in the country is not
found organized. The farmers produced small quantities
of food grains, vegetables, fruits, and other commodities
and sell in the village and fulfill their basic needs. At
present weight, price, quality control and other the
village are not systematic. Agriculture marketing works
in the interest of individuals which help big farmers
only and large number of small farmers are always
deprived of due benefits[11].
The advent of E-Commerce in agriculture raises many
issues such as suitable E-Commerce business models
for which agricultural markets, impact of E-Commerce
on farms, agribusiness firms, markets, and rural
communities, winners and losers in these sectors.
Finally, Government and leader’s role to implement
E-Commerce in agriculture[12]. This study provides
some background, some current facts and some
interpretation of the role of E-Commerce in agriculture
with analysis of current challenges in this sector.
2. Literature Review
E-Commerce and the various aspects of it remained as a
heavily researched topic, however, most of the study
references are for developed economy countries and
regions and there are very little studies for feeble
economy countries.
Jamaluddin(2013) disclosed that E-Commerce practices
of farmers in the study area of Trichy district are still at
infant stage. The obstacles and constrains are poor
internet connectivity , heavy charges by private internet
players , lack of program run by ITC’s agri-business
division in North India[13]. In the context of Mumbai,
Singh (2012) revealed that around 37% of respondents
were willing to buy grocery online if the option is given.
The remaining percentage of the respondent may or may
not buy grocery online due the factors like physical
examination and security issues. It also found that most
of the respondent think that buying grocery is beneficial.
They found it is time saving and avoid long queues[14].
In the context of using E-Commerce in landlocked
nations, Minges (2000) suggested that those nations
should be required to increase sales, generate hard
currency, boost employment, welfare gain expertise in
information technology, reduce brain drain and
urbanization also to lead to better business practices,
enhance transparency and efficiency[3]. Barriers of
E-Commerce in developing countries were found to be
economic, social, linguistic, infrastructure market size
and E-Business costs. He found many developing
countries suffer from E-Commerce logistical
deficiencies such as billing and shipping. A big barrier
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was the lack of support for credit card payment. Finally
he suggested Government to Business (G2B) model
focusing on rural parts for the nation like Nepal. Along
with this model he suggested government should assist
E-Commerce applications for farmers product prices,
input costs, transport schedules and weather reports.
In a case study done in Nepalese background, Press
(2000) recommended three projects: a
Business-Consumer (B2C) site for marketing Buddhist
thanka paintings via the internet, a series of vertically
focused workshops bringing together members of the
Nepalese IT community and members in industries
which may be likely E-Commerce candidates, and the
establishment of a village-connectivity pilot project[15].
In another case study - barriers to E-Commerce and
competitive business models in developing countries ,
Kshetri (2007) indicated that economic factors (high
ICT access charge, low penetration rate of credit cards),
sociopolitical factor (Nepal at level 0 in adoption of
digital and electronic signature (DES)) and cognitive
factors (related to knowledge, skill and confidence
related to E-Commerce usage) play important roles in
the adaptation of business models in the context of the
developing world. This paper illustrated Thamel.com’s
influence on its business partners ICT adoption. It
provided an overview on Thamel.com’s strategy to
overcome some E-Commerce barriers and to overcome
cognitive barriers, the company provided delivery
services as well as delivery confirmation via digital
pictures of gift delivery.
3. Research Methodology
Descriptive research involves gathering data that
describe events and then organizes, tabulates, depicts,
and describes the data collection[16]. It has three types
of methods such as observation method, case study and
survey method[17]. Among them this study used the
survey method with face to face interview and
questionnaires and a case study.
Study Site: The study has been conducted in major three
districts of Kathmandu valley; Kathmandu, Lalitpur and
Bhaktapur.
Study population: The population of the study were
all the professional farmers, agro-product customers, IT
experts, and E- Commerce facilitators of Kathmandu
valley.
Sampling technique: The researcher used purposive
non- random sampling procedure. The main goal of
purposive sampling is to focus on particular
characteristics of a population that are of interest, which
will best enable to answer research questions.
Sample size: Forty four farmers (who grow agro-items
professionally), sisty two Agro-product customers
(including experienced in online shopping), twenty
three IT experts, and six E-Commerce facilitators
(including agro-product based portals) were selected
purposively from three districts of Kathmandu valley.
Data collection tools: The researcher used
questionnaire as data collection tool to elicit required
data. The questionnaire consisted of four parts,
including: Challenges/barriers to E-Commerce (23
items), E-Commerce development solution/strategies
(17 items) the questionnaire was designed in a Likert
Scale in first phase of survey. In second phase of survey,
the questionnaire is multi-choice type for studding of
current issue of online shopping of vegetable and fruit
items (16 items). Finally, the interview questionnaire
for investigating a case of existing portal-Metrotarkari
(5 items).
Data analysis procedure: The data through
questionnaires were analyzed utilizing SPSS software.
Average, standard deviation, coefficient of variation of
different variables were calculated and analyzed. Major
factors of challenges of E-Commerce in agriculture
were purified by factor analysis. Major factors of
challenges of E-Commerce in agriculture were purified
by factor analysis. In this study, characteristics of
descriptive statistics such as average, exponent (or
index), standard deviation and coefficient of variation
are used. To determine the appropriateness of the data
and to measure the homogeneity of variables that attract
farmers to group activities, the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin
(KMO) and Bartlett’s test measures were applied. These
statistics show the extent to which the indicators of a
construct belong to each other. Results were then
derived by analyzing the factor load of each variable.
Proper names were given to each factor by considering
the factor loads. Analysis of current issues of online
shopping was done and the case of existing portal was
analyzed by decoding the audio of chief operating
officer of the portal taken during the interview.
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4. Results and Discussion
The results extracted through the analysis of the primary
data elicited from the respondents (1. Farmer and IT
experts, 2. Agro-product customers 3. E-Commerce
facilitators) are enlisted below respectively:
4.1 Challenges of E-Commerce in agriculture
4.1.1 Tabulation of Challenges of E-Commerce in
agriculture
Based on the research findings the respondents, the
most important challenges for ecommerce development
in agriculture are prioritized in Table 1. The
respondents believe that from 23 barriers of
E-Commerce development that were questioned from
them, the following factors are the most important
barriers for E-Commerce development in agriculture
sector: farmer’s low level of literacy, not having
computer as a business tool among farmers, lack of
information technology (IT) knowledge among the
general public and lack of trust in electronic
transactions (The less value of C.V Coefficient indicates
the more agreement of respondents for this challenges).
4.1.2 Factors of challenges
Factor analysis is one of the statistical methods or data
analyzing among the whole data set. The main barriers
to E-Commerce in agriculture were examined using the
factor analysis technique of principal components
analysis. As the KMO = 0.6 larger than 0.5, it is
concluded that the number of samples is suitable for
factor analysis, since KMO value is between 0 and 1
and the closer to one the higher the sample validity.
Four factors with Eigen values greater than 0.5 were
extracted and these factors explained 42% of the total
variance of factors related to E-Commerce development
obstacles in agriculture. In other words, 42% of
E-Commerce-related barriers were identified. After
studying the variables associated with each factor and
their factor loadings, the factors were named as follows:
Technical and Educational Factor, Cultural Factor,
Security Factor and Public Factor.
The mentioned factors and their Eigen values, Eigen
value’s percentage of variance and cumulative
percentage variance of each factor are presented in
Table 4.1.2. In determining factors, factor loadings
greater than 0.50 were considered to be significant. The
first factor, i.e. Technical and Educational factor
explained 12 % of the total variance and 7 variables
were loaded significantly. The Eigenvalue of this factor
is 1.99, which is placed at the first priority in obstacles
of E-Commerce in agriculture. In this factor
Computer’s unpopularity as a business tool among
farmers, Farmers low levels of literacy, Lack of internet
in rural areas, Perishability of agricultural products are
very important. The second factor was named as
Cultural factor. On this factor two variables loaded
significantly, and have appropriated 23% of the total
variance. In this factor, the lack of the culture of using
computer for marketing purpose is very important. The
third factor has been named as security factor. On this
factor, two variables were loaded significantly. Here,
online payment system complexities are very important.
The fourth factor has been named as the public factor.
Four variables loaded significantly on this factor. Lack
of public awareness to E-Commerce, lack of
government support for private section in this field and
lack of government serious support and investment in
E-Commerce are very important. The following table
4.1.3 represents different factors and effective variables
of each factor with factor load.
The analysis of the responses from customers’ depicted
the major challenges as difficulties on assuring the
freshness of the agro-items, problem in customer
satisfaction, quality and affordability of the products,
problem for farmers and lots of people due to lack ness
in education of ICT and problem in accepting new
technology by the public.
Regarding the same issue the analysis of case study of
Metrotarkari showed that the results were partly similar
to the aforementioned results. The case study found
challenges on maintaining and delivering quality and
freshness as major challenge. Traffic congestion and
difficulties in finding exact location of the destination,
challenge in providing customer satisfaction, cultural
challenges, less exposure to banking system, challenges
in online payment systems. Farmers’ illiteracy and lack
of awareness in using IT and E-Commerce service were
challenges to implement C2C transaction model.
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Table 1: List of variables with average, standard deviation and coefficient of variance
SN Variables (E-Commerce challenges) Avgerage out of 5 Std. Deviation COV
1 Lack of internet in rural areas 3.32 1.039 0.313
2 Cost of computer and internet use 3.5 0.909 0.26
3 Lack of electronic banking systems around the country 3.34 0.939 0.281
4 Lack of communication and network infrastructures 3.3 0.909 0.275
5 Lack of security standards in electronic banking systems 3.28 1.107 0.338
6 Online Payment System complexities 3.4 1.161 0.341
7 Lack of suitable agro-product marketing E-Commerce portals 3.78 0.91 0.241
8 Lack of proper design/model of Agro based E-Commerce 4.06 0.843 0.208
9 Activity of elderly farmers in agriculture sector 3.02 1.02 0.338
10 People’s traditional interest to physical presence in the market 3.36 1.191 0.355
11 Lack of trust in electronic transactions 3.14 1.178 0.375
12 Lack of the culture of using computer for marketing purpose 3.56 1.072 0.301
13 Lack of government serious support and investment 3.66 0.895 0.244
14 Lack of customer trust to online product purchase 3.64 0.985 0.271
15 Lack of government support for private section in the this field 3.7 0.763 0.206
16 Lack of rules and regulation existence regarding customer law 3.86 0.833 0.216
17 Computer’s unpopularity as a business tool among farmers 3.58 0.992 0.277
18 Farmers low levels of literacy 3.68 0.978 0.266
19 Lack of public awareness to E-Commerce 3.58 1.012 0.283
20 Lack of IT knowledge among the general public 3.7 0.931 0.252
21 Lack of personnel familiarity with English 3.32 0.868 0.261
22 Perishable nature of agricultural products 3.64 0.851 0.234
23 Lack of proper Commercial Agro-product market 3.46 1.014 0.293
Table 2: Factors of challanges
Factors Factor Name Eigen value Variance of Eigen value Cumulative variance
1 Technical and Educational Factor 1.99 0.128 0.12
2 Cultural Factor 1.66 0.1 0.23
3 Security Factor 1.63 0.1 0.33
4 Public Factor 1.45 0.09 0.42
Table 3: Factor name and effective variables of each factor with factor load(The more value of factor loads indicates
the more agreement of respondents for these challenges)
Factors Factors Name Variables Factor Load
1 Technical Computer’s unpopularity as a business tool among farmers 0.61
and Lack of familiarity with English language 0.58
Educational Perishable nature of agricultural products 0.55
Factor Farmers low levels of literacy 0.51
Lack of proper commercial agro-product market 0.43
Lack of internet in rural areas 0.37
Lack of proper design/portal of E-Commerce 0.33
2 Cultural Lack of the culture of using computer for marketing purpose 0.59
Factor Lack of customer trust to online product purchase 0.45
3 Security Online Payment System complexities 0.43
Factor Lack of security standards in electronic banking systems 0.36
4 Public Lack of government serious support and investment in E-Commerce 0.64
Factor Lack of public awareness to E-Commerce 0.63
Lack of government support for private section in this field 0.5
Lack of rules and regulation existence regarding customer law 0.45
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4.2 Strategies for implementation of
E-Commerce in agriculture
Now, sorting the variables having smaller COV to larger
COV, the E-Commerce solution for agriculture is ordered
as follows in table 5. Here, the priority is given to those
variables which have less COV.
Building the suitable E-Commerce portals for
agricultural product marketing along with awareness
about advantages of E-Commerce to farmers and
consumers and ease the process of online payment
system is highly prioritized.
Regarding the same issue, from customers’ perspective,
the identified solutions are similar to other respondents
but not the same. For them the solutions are: to
implement E-Commerce in agriculture were creation of
database of farmer and consumers, making good
distribution channel, building suitable online
portals-websites and mobile app, maintaining freshness
by delivering the items using dry ice in delivery box and
proper categorization of items, providing home delivery
service on current market price and finally awareness to
public about it.
The analysis of case study of Metrotarkari again showed
partly similar results regarding the solutions where good
distribution channel for supplying the ordered items,
good network with other vendors from different place,
use the local payment systems with option of cash on
delivery, providing free home delivery service at current
market price, awaring the public by using social medias
were identified as practiced solution for implementing
E-Commerce in agriculture.
The present study, to some extent, supports the finding
of Asadihkoob and Ebrahimi (2014) who studied the
challenges and strategies of E-Commerce in Iran’s
Agriculture and found five major factors of challenges
such as infrastructural-technical, social, cultural,
agriculture state and educational. This research was
conducted with two hundred fifty numbers of random
samples and the outcomes of the research was
generalized to the whole country where the present
research was conducted with one hundred thirty five
samples and focused on the capital city of the country.
They found infrastructure development, culture and
security and confidence production, and internet
training to all classes of people as the most important
strategies for E-Commerce development in agriculture.
In the same context, the finding of present research is
not close to the findings of the study by Minges (2000)
where he suggested Government to Business (G2B)
model focusing on rural parts for the nation like Nepal.
Along with this model he further suggested that the
government should assist E-Commerce applications for
farmers product prices, input costs, transport schedules
and weather reports.
5. Conclusion
The results indicated that there are many challenges in
all aspects of E-Commerce adoption in agriculture.
These challenges are categorized into four categories:
Technical and Educational barriers were found to be
major ones others being cultural barriers, security
barriers, and public barriers. Based on the derived factor
loads; in technical-educational factor the important
variables were computer’s unpopularity as a business
tool among farmers, perishable nature of agricultural
products, and farmers low levels of literacy and lack of
proper design/portal of E-Commerce. Similarly, the lack
of the culture of using computer for marketing purpose
(cultural factor with factor load 0.59) , online payment
system complexities (security factor with factor load
0.43) and lack of government serious support and
investment in E-Commerce (public factor with factor
load 0.64) were other major challenges for adopting
E-Commerce in agriculture.
E-Commerce development in agriculture needs
investment and attention in all sectors. Totally, the
solutions of E-Commerce adoption in agriculture are the
development of the cultural, infrastructural, social and
educational backgrounds. Building the suitable
E-Commerce portals for agricultural product along with
awareness about advantages of E-Commerce to farmers
and consumers and ease the process of online payment
system with community level initiation in this sector,
entry of private sectors in E-Commerce and internet
education to farmers were prioritized solutions for
implementation of E-Commerce in agriculture. Hence,
If the suggested strategies are implemented to overcome
the identified challenges, E-Commerce in agriculture
certainly has a good prospect of development in future.
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Table 4: Implementation strategies/solution of E-Commerce in agriculture
SN Variable( E-Commerce Solution) Average Out of 5 Std. Deviation COV
1 Cheap and convenient public access to the internet 3.32 1.096 0.33
2 Involvement of more educated and literate people in agriculture 3.44 1.033 0.3
3 Public education on information technology at all levels 3.32 1.115 0.336
4 Development of internet lines all over the country 3.6 0.99 0.275
5 Providing security and trust in electronic commerce 3.68 1.115 0.303
6 Entry of private sectors in E-Commerce 3.68 0.978 0.266
7 Development of credit centers and banks within the community 3.36 0.875 0.26
8 Encouragement to farmers to use E-Commerce 3.38 0.967 0.286
9 Development of electronic governance 3.7 1.055 0.285
10 Creation of a new law in order to protect E-Commerce 3.64 1.139 0.313
11 Creation of awareness in rural through effective institutions 3.5 1.055 0.301
12 Better access to computers for all classes of people 3.52 0.995 0.283
13 Cooperation between government body and educational institutions 3.7 0.995 0.269
14 Internet education to farmers 3.74 1.026 0.274
15 Build a suitable E-Commerce technology/portal for agriculture product 3.94 0.843 0.214
16 Aware about advantages of E-Commerce to producer and consumer 3.64 0.851 0.234
17 Aware and ease the process of online payment system 3.78 0.91 0.241
Table 5: Priority order of E-Commerce solutions for agriculture sector (The less value of coefficient of variance
(COV) indicates the more agreement of respondents for these solutions)
SN E-Commerce Solutions COV
1 Building the suitable E-Commerce portals for agro-product marketing 0.214
2 Aware about advantages of E-Commerce to producer and Consumer 0.234
3 Aware and ease the process of online payment system 0.241
4 Development of credit centers and banks within the community 0.26
5 Entry of private sectors in E-Commerce 0.266
6 Cooperation between government body and educational institutions 0.269
7 Internet education to farmers 0.274
8 Development of internet lines all over the country 0.275
9 Better access to computers for all classes of people 0.283
10 Development of electronic governance 0.285
11 Encouragement to farmers to use E-Commerce 0.286
12 Involvement of more educated and literate people in agriculture 0.3
13 Creation of awareness rural through effective institutions 0.301
14 Providing security and trust in electronic commerce 0.303
15 Creation of a new law in order to protect E-Commerce 0.313
16 Cheap and convenient public access to the internet 0.33
17 Public education on information technology at all levels 0.336
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Acknowledgements
The authors are thankful to Prof. Dr. Shyam Katuwal,
Dr. Madhu Sudan Kayastha, Er. Ganesh Gautam, Er.
Madan Neupane, Er. Krishna Gaihre, Mr. Karun Panth,
Mr. Shishir Shakya, Ms. Karuna Nepal and the faculty
members of engineering colleges around Kathmandu
valley including those farmers, consumers and
E-Commerce facilitators for their support during the
interview and field survey.
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