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E-commerce and export promotion policies for small- and medium-sized enterprises : East Asian and Latin American experiences

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: ECLAC SantiagoCL 2001Description: 83 pAction note:
  • 2/22/02 JOY_D
Summary: Compares the export-orientation of SMEs between Latin America and East Asia and calls for a new approach to SME policy making for Latin America. Contrasts the E-readiness of Latin American countries with that of East Asia. Describes the use of information and communication technology (ICT) by SMEs. Identifies the inhibiting factors for use, and delineates E-commerce potential for SME export promotion. Examines how a range of ICT-enabled business transformations including intranets, extranets, closed and open electronic data interchange (EDI), and other business applications are changing the modes of inter-firm relations of SMEs with transnational companies, large national enterprises and among SMEs themselves.
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Compares the export-orientation of SMEs between Latin America and East Asia and calls for a new approach to SME policy making for Latin America. Contrasts the E-readiness of Latin American countries with that of East Asia. Describes the use of information and communication technology (ICT) by SMEs. Identifies the inhibiting factors for use, and delineates E-commerce potential for SME export promotion. Examines how a range of ICT-enabled business transformations including intranets, extranets, closed and open electronic data interchange (EDI), and other business applications are changing the modes of inter-firm relations of SMEs with transnational companies, large national enterprises and among SMEs themselves.

2/22/02 JOY_D

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