Strategic government initiatives to promote diffusion of online retailing in Saudi Arabia

2011 6th International Conference on Digital Information Management, ICDIM 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 217-222

  Alghamdi, Rayed ^a   Drew, Steve ^a   Alshehri, Mohammed ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

e commerce development; government roles; online retail; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

BUYERS AND SELLERS; E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL GROWTH; GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES; GOVERNMENT ROLES; INFORMATION ECONOMY; KEY FACTORS; NEW MODEL; ONLINE COMMERCE; ONLINE RETAIL; ONLINE RETAILING; POLITICAL CONTEXT; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SAUDI ARABIA;

DIFFUSION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SALES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 83755171703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICDIM.2011.6093333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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