Best practice in SME adoption of e‐commerce

Jeffcoate, Judith; Chappell, Caroline; Feindt, Sylvie

doi:10.1108/14635770210421791

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“…Nevertheless, many SME fashion retailers have avoided e-retailing [108,109] and use fashion websites purely to provide information instead. Therefore, designing a route for sustainable and profitable e-retailing is of great importance for fashion retailers, especially for SME fashion retailers.…”

Section: Area 5 Emerging Retailing Opportunities In E-commercementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Retailing in the Fashion Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

2017

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Although sustainability in the fashion industry has gained prominence from both business practices and academic research, retailing, a vital part of the supply chain, has not yet been fairly explored in academia. The interest in this area has increased lately, mainly due to the growing complexity within this dynamic context. Therefore, it is meaningful to conduct a systematic review of the relevant published literature in this field. This study aims to identify the main perspectives of research on sustainable retailing in the fashion industry. The content analysis results indicate that the most prominent areas in the field are sustainable retailing in disposable fashion, fast fashion, slow fashion, green branding and eco-labeling; retailing of secondhand fashion; reverse logistics in fashion retailing; and emerging retailing opportunities in e-commerce. The results from this review also indicate that there is a lack of research on sustainable retailing in the fashion industry in the developing market.

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Section: Area 5 Emerging Retailing Opportunities In E-commercementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Retailing in the Fashion Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

2017

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“…As Hill and Wright (2000) rightly state, access to suitable enterprises can be difficult and beset with all sorts of problems. Research into the impact of technology on SMEs is often limited by the difficulties involved in persuading the right enterprises to participate in the study (Jeffcoate, Chappell & Feindt, 2002), who are expected to give up their valuable time without understanding the value that the research has to them (Myers, 2009 Given that personal networks were used to identify cases, two of the seven owner/managers knew me personally. These participants in particular may have had difficulty adjusting to me in the role of interviewer, and their responses may have been influenced or affected as a result, on top of the to be expected participant reactivity.…”

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Using Interpretive Qualitative Case Studies for Exploratory Research in Doctoral Studies: A Case of Information Systems Research in Small and Medium Enterprises

Ponelis

2015

IJDS

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The use of the case study method has gained mainstream acceptance in both entrepreneurship and information systems research to develop conceptual and theoretical models that are novel, yet grounded in the literature. In spite of many texts on the case study method and the growing acceptance and use of thereof, there are relatively few examples that discuss how to apply the case study method. The purpose of this paper is to provide such an example by drawing upon the author's research for her doctoral dissertation in the discipline of information systems and entrepreneurship research. First, the use of qualitative case studies as research method is motivated, then the importance of the research paradigm is discussed and the interpretivist research paradigm justified followed by a detailed discussion of the research design. The paper concludes with a discussion of lessons learned and recommendations based on the author's experience with using the case study method. The practical yet theoretically founded approach of this paper may be useful to doctoral students who are considering or using the case study method. Equally, supervisors and others involved in research training may find this paper useful as an illustrative example of the case study method for their students.

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“…The later criterion was taken into account since according to Jeffcoate et al (57) small and new firms are notoriously fragile as they fail easily during the periods of startups but we wanted to have a sample of successful companies. Following a pilot survey and final refinements, the structured questionnaires were administered to the risk management practitioners in the selected companies to elicit their perceived importance of the nineteen success criteria adopted for this research.…”

Section: Survey Administrationmentioning

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Critical success factors for risk management systems

Yaraghi

Langhe

2011

Journal of Risk Research

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Despite the existence of extensive literature regarding risk management, there still seems to be lack of knowledge in identification of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) in this area. In this research Grounded Theory is implemented to identify CSFs in Risk Management Systems (RMS). Factor analysis and one-sample t-test are then used to refine and rank the CSFs based on the results of a survey which has been performed among Risk Management practitioners in various types of Swedish corporations. CSFs are defined from three different perspectives: (a) the factors that have influence on the inclination and readiness of corporation for implementing RMS. (b) the factors that are important during the design and implementation of RMS in corporation and can significantly affect the success of RMS design and implementation and (c) the factors that are crucially important to successfully run, maintain and administrate RMS after the closure of the project of RMS design and Implementation. This systematic approach towards understanding the taxonomy of the success dimension in RMS is important for re-enforcing effective risk management practices.

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Best practice in SME adoption of e‐commerce

Cited by 99 publications

References 2 publications

Sustainable Retailing in the Fashion Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

Sustainable Retailing in the Fashion Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

Using Interpretive Qualitative Case Studies for Exploratory Research in Doctoral Studies: A Case of Information Systems Research in Small and Medium Enterprises

Critical success factors for risk management systems

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