In seven pages small businesses are discussed in terms of the huge impact ecommerce has had on them. Eleven sources are cited in the bibliography.
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and supplier relationships as well as streamlining business processes and even reshaping entire industries (Daniel et al, 2002). Even those businesses that are linked through e-mail are relying on e-commerce,
a rather primitive version by todays standards. Small and medium-size businesses are making great use of cyberspace for business as well (Daniel
et al, 2002). Research by Oftel during 2000 showed that 49 percent of SMEs in the United Kingdom were connected in some way to the Internet, with 20 percent more
expected to go online in the future (Daniel et al, 2002). In addition, IDC research is predicting that, in the United States, small business web sites will increase from 2.8
million in 2000 to 4.5 million in 2003 (Davis, 2001). Despite these statistics however, not all small businesses are quite so enamoured
with e-commerce, mainly because it is still new and untried. While some SMEs have realized benefits from e-commerce, others are stepping back and taking a "wait-and-see" attitude. Still others somewhat
nervous about the demise of e-tailers such as etoys.com, are convinced that e-commerce is a sure pathway to a business demise. This
paper will attempt to define e-commerce and analyze its impact on small businesses. The paper will also discuss the general attitude of small business toward e-commerce. E-commerce and what it
is Because e-commerce is still so new, experts havent come up with a specific definition of what it is (Daniel et al,
2002). Some experts have defined e-commerce as ". . . the buying and selling of information, products and services via computer networks" (Daniel et al, 2002, p. 255). The networks