%0 Journal Article %1 keyhere %A Efendioglu, Alev M. %A Yip, Vincent F. %D 2004 %J Interacting with Computers %K Chinese china chinese commerce culture ecommerce intercultural_communication office study %N 1 %P 45--62 %T Chinese culture and e-commerce: an exploratory study %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V0D-4B6CTTM-1/2/81e4c138c56eacb0e2f039dfcff0cb1c %V 16 %X Differing characteristics of local environments, both infrastructural and socio-economic, have created a significant level of variation in the acceptance and growth of e-commerce in different regions of the world. This paper focuses on the impact of these infrastructural and socio-economic factors on e-commerce development in China. The findings provide insights into the role of culture in e-commerce, and the factors that may impact a broader acceptance and development of e-commerce in China. In this paper, we present and discuss our findings, and identify changes that will be required for broader acceptance and diffusion of e-commerce in China. Cultural issues such as `socializing effect of commerce', `transactional and institutional trust', and `attitudes toward debt' were determined to be the major impediments to e-commerce in China. However, our research also shows that, even though their means for payment are different, the most enlightened, able, and sophisticated consumers in China participate in e-commerce in the same frequencies as the mainstream e-commerce consumers in the US.

@article{keyhere, abstract = {Differing characteristics of local environments, both infrastructural and socio-economic, have created a significant level of variation in the acceptance and growth of e-commerce in different regions of the world. This paper focuses on the impact of these infrastructural and socio-economic factors on e-commerce development in China. The findings provide insights into the role of culture in e-commerce, and the factors that may impact a broader acceptance and development of e-commerce in China. In this paper, we present and discuss our findings, and identify changes that will be required for broader acceptance and diffusion of e-commerce in China. Cultural issues such as `socializing effect of commerce', `transactional and institutional trust', and `attitudes toward debt' were determined to be the major impediments to e-commerce in China. However, our research also shows that, even though their means for payment are different, the most enlightened, able, and sophisticated consumers in China participate in e-commerce in the same frequencies as the mainstream e-commerce consumers in the US.}, added-at = {2008-03-25T06:53:52.000+0100}, author = {Efendioglu, Alev M. and Yip, Vincent F.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e2a99a79d5244f17d2f9f56b3daaad63/acf}, description = {- discusses adoption of ecommerce in china in the context of cultural differences}, interhash = {fe0bc8363b969203b4e54c7122d1d304}, intrahash = {e2a99a79d5244f17d2f9f56b3daaad63}, journal = {Interacting with Computers}, keywords = {Chinese china chinese commerce culture ecommerce intercultural_communication office study}, month = {#feb#}, number = 1, pages = {45--62}, timestamp = {2008-03-25T06:53:57.000+0100}, title = {Chinese culture and e-commerce: an exploratory study}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V0D-4B6CTTM-1/2/81e4c138c56eacb0e2f039dfcff0cb1c}, volume = 16, year = 2004 }