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dc.contributor.authorLekhanya, Lawrence Mpeleen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:42:17Z-
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:42:17Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationLekhanya, L.M. 2016. E-Commerce as an instrument of governing SMEs’ marketing strategy in an emerging economy. Risk Governance & Control: Financial Markets & Institutions. 6(4): 58-66en_US
dc.identifier.issn2077-429X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10321/1787-
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this paper is to report on the use of e-commerce an instrument of governing SMEs’ marketing strategy in an emerging economy. The study aimed to assess and critically discuss various factors influencing the use of e-commerce as an instrument of governing SMEs marketing strategy and identify the extent to which SMEs owners/managers perceived e-commerce to be important to their businesses survival and growth. A mixed method approach allowed for qualitative and quantitative techniques in collecting data from targeted respondents, with primary collected from rural areas of an emerging country. The research instrument consisted of closed-ended questionnaires made up of 5-point Likert scale responses were distributed to each respondent. The research findings indicate that most respondents believed that the use of e-commerce is motivated by the cost saving and other financial factors in the form of benefits for the customer. In addition, large number of respondents disagreed that the use of e-Commerce has changed their consumer buying behaviour. The paper’s benefit will be to the owners/managers SMEs as well as policy makers and financial agencies for SMEs.en_US
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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScopusen_US
dc.relation.ispartofRisk governance & control: financial markets & institutions (Print)-
dc.subjectConsumer buyingen_US
dc.subjectSmall and medium enterprisesen_US
dc.subjectE-Commerceen_US
dc.subjectBehavioural changeen_US
dc.subjectRuralen_US
dc.subjectProductsen_US
dc.titleE-Commerce as an instrument of governing SMEs’ marketing strategy in an emerging economyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.dut-rims.pubnumDUT-005606en_US
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