The Development of E-Commerce: the Emerging Virtual Context Within Egypt (original) (raw)

The Emergence of eCommerce in a Developing Nation: The Case of Egypt

The information and communication technology evolution is affecting many nations around the world and forcing changes to business and socio-economic development plans, and reflecting major implications on the realization of the concept of globalization. Egypt, as a developing country with an economy in transition, started to invest in building its communication and information technology infrastructure since 1985 as a vital tool for development. This paper describes the emergence of e-commerce in Egypt with a focus on the challenges faced that relate to a number of social, technological, financial and legal issues, and the road map formulated in collaboration between the government and the private sector to diffuse e-commerce in Egypt.

The Impact of the Role of the Government of Egypt in Electronic Commerce Development and Growth

The Social and Cognitive Impacts of E-Commerce on Modern Organizations, 2004

The information and communication technology infrastructure and the development of electronic commerce are both playing an increasingly active role changing and growing the global economy in a digital way. The implications are wide and diversified including the facilitation of trade transactions and acceleration of movement of capital through innovative rules irrespective of time and distance differences. Electronic commerce could be beneficial to business and socioeconomic development in the north (developed world) as well as in the south (developing nations) but the impacts could vary in density and in effectiveness due to one critical challenge and that is the growing digital divide emerging between developed and developing nations as well as within developing nations which could deepen income and wealth inequalities. Therefore, the government role in developing nations in preventing the widening of the digital divide is becoming increasingly vital with implications that vary and affect business, culture and the society at large. During the past two decades, electronic commerce had diversified impacts on organizations of all types and sizes. Such impacts differed from one country to another and from one environment to another pending on the local conditions and the adaptation of the society. The implications related to the management style and leadership of organizations, its vision, mission and strategies, policies, governance, the organizational learning, ethics and culture among other elements. This chapter demonstrates the role of the government of Egypt in introducing, diffusing and institutionalizing electronic commerce which represents a challenge and an opportunity for development and hence needing an institutionalized role to regulate it. This chapter introduces electronic commerce in Egypt with a focus on the prevailing status and the institutional role of the government to regulate electronic commerce and develop the electronic trading industry.

The Impact of the Role of the Government of Egypt on Electronic Commerce Development and Growth

Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Information and communication technology with a focus on the digital economy and the implications of the development of electronic commerce is increasingly playing an active role in the development and growth of the global economy. The implications are wide and diversified. This includes the facilitation of trade transactions and acceleration of movement of capital through the new rules of the digital economy with the removal of time and distance barriers. The impacts are varying in density and effectiveness between developed and developing nations. Electronic commerce could be beneficial to business and socioeconomic development in the north (developed world) as well as in the south (developing nations). Small and medium-sized enterprises stand a unique opportunity worldwide to optimally leverage their capacities and excel from the diversified communication channels the digital economy presents. However, one challenge remains critical and that is the growing digital divide emerging...

Information Technology and E-commerce Reflexes on Total and Agricultural Trade in Egypt

2012

Nowadays, E-commerce has been developing quickly and it brings great impact on economy of all the countries. We insist that the E-commerce development in developing countries and economies in transition will have fine perspectives if the government, corporations and all the related people make great effort together. These papers address the issue of understanding the components of the information economy and E-commerce (profitability of .ese Experiment, this research aimed to identification, entity, characteristics and divisions and to figure out its profitability in Egypt. This research aimed also to pinpoint the measures necessary to incorporate the E-commerce between Egypt and the others commentating countries. We therefore propose a framework consisting of five components. First, concept and entity of E-commerce and its importance in marketing area, secondly, information and communication technology in developing and developed countries, third, the effect of internet on the Egyp...