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Why E-Procurement Does Not Work In Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes): Some Insights From An Italian Case

In: The UCLA Anderson Business And Information Technologies (BIT) Project A Global Study of Business Practice

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  • ALFREDO BIFFI
  • FRANCESCO SACCO

Abstract

There are some generally agreed-upon advantages for enterprises and public administration in using e-procurement systems. Statistics about business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce show widespread adoption and new industries increasingly joining the e-procurement arena. But this trend is not generalized. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are marginal in this trend because they perceive e-procurement more as a threat for their margins than as an opportunity for savings. As a subproject of BIT Italian experience, in joint collaboration with Insubria University (Varese), analyzing the procurement activity of a sample of enterprises in the highly industrialized area of Varese (Italy), the authors draw some conclusions about structural factors influencing the adoption of e-procurement by SMEs and the potential that e-procurement has.

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  • Alfredo Biffi & Francesco Sacco, 2009. "Why E-Procurement Does Not Work In Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes): Some Insights From An Italian Case," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Uday Karmarkar & Vandana Mangal (ed.), The UCLA Anderson Business And Information Technologies (BIT) Project A Global Study of Business Practice, chapter 14, pages 415-436, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812839466_0014
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