Title :
e-commerce in small rural manufacturing firms-overcoming problems and biases
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Manage., Missouri Univ., Rolla, MO, USA
Abstract :
Many small rural firms have not fully integrated the Web into their operation. The simple fact is, small, rural manufacturing firms have to take advantage of this opportunity, and act decisively to optimize it. e-commerce is the tool that will create an organization that can quickly react to changes in the market place being driven by new technologies
Keywords :
electronic commerce; management of change; manufacturing industries; Internet economy; companies; e-commerce; new technologies; organization; small rural manufacturing firms; Business communication; Collaboration; Companies; Contracts; Electronic commerce; Internet; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Research and development management; Seminars;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-06-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2001.951889
