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The impact of e-commerce on the development of entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia
thesis
posted on 2018-11-07, 08:29 authored by Khulood S. AlmaniThis study investigates the critical challenges facing e-commerce adoption by entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia, identifying the major driving factors, barriers, motivations, perceived advantages, potential problems and some practical solutions as well as future expectations from entrepreneurs’ perspectives. From the study findings, a set of practical recommendations were derived for the government, entrepreneurs and investors in Saudi Arabia to consider, to promote e-commerce entrepreneurship in the county.The research was undertaken using a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques involved in-depth, semi-structured interviews, with (1) e-commerce entrepreneurs, and (2) government authorities, educational initiatives and private support institutions. [Continues.]
History
School
- Science
Department
- Computer Science
Publisher
Loughborough UniversityRights holder
© Khulood AlmaniPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2018Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.Language
- en
Supervisor(s)
Ray Dawson ; Ian MurrayQualification name
- PhD
Qualification level
- Doctoral