Analysis of electronic commerce in Portugal: business practice or commercial fiction?

Authors

  • Rui Filipe Cerqueira Quaresma Universidade de Évora
  • Paula Luna Huertas Universidad de Sevilla
  • José Carlos Ruiz del Castillo Universidad de Sevilla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4301/S1807-17752006000300003

Keywords:

Internet, electronic commerce, B2C, e-business

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the performance of midsize and large Portuguese enterprises on the internet. Special attention is given to the e-commerce oriented to the end-user. An assessment tool was specially developed for this evaluation. This assessment tool is based on legal regulations, codes of conduct and/or seals of quality, as well as a variety of other information sources related with the Internet, web sites and e-commerce. The company's web sites, were selected for this assessment through a random sampling technique, and were evaluated on 119 items.

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Published

2006-01-01

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Section

nd1917784510

How to Cite

Analysis of electronic commerce in Portugal: business practice or commercial fiction? . (2006). Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management, 3(3), 291-314. https://doi.org/10.4301/S1807-17752006000300003