Analysis of Electronic Commerce in Portugal: Business Practice or Commercial Fiction?

Authors

  • Rui Filipe Cerqueira Quaresma Universidade de Évora
  • Paula Luna Huertas Universidad de Sevilla
  • José Carlos Ruiz del Castillo Universidad de Sevilla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4301/s1807-17752006000300003

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the performance of midsize and large Portuguese enterprises on the internet. Special attention is given to the e-commerce oriented to the end-user. An assessment tool was specially developed for this evaluation. This assessment tool is based on legal regulations, codes of conduct and/or seals of quality, as well as a variety of other information sources related with the Internet, web sites and e-commerce. The company’s web sites, were selected for this assessment through a random sampling technique, and were evaluated on 119 items.

Author Biographies

Rui Filipe Cerqueira Quaresma, Universidade de Évora

Professor Auxiliar. Departamento de Gestão de Empresas - Universidade de Évora. Largo dos Colegiais, 2, CEP: 7000-803. Évora – Portugal. E-mail: quaresma@uevora.pt

Paula Luna Huertas, Universidad de Sevilla

Professora Catedrática de Organização de Empresas. Departamento de Economía Financiera y Dirección Operaciones - Universidad de Sevilla. Avenida Ramón y Cajal, 1, CEP: 41018. Sevilla - España. E-mail: luna@us.es

José Carlos Ruiz del Castillo, Universidad de Sevilla

Professor Titular de Organização de Empresas. Departamento de Economía Financiera y Dirección de Operaciones - Universidad de Sevilla. Avenida Ramón y Cajal, 1, CEP: 41018. Sevilla – España. E-mail: ruiz@us.es

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Published

2007-01-10

How to Cite

Filipe Cerqueira Quaresma, R., Luna Huertas, P., & Carlos Ruiz del Castillo, J. (2007). Analysis of Electronic Commerce in Portugal: Business Practice or Commercial Fiction?. Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management, 3(3), p. 291–314. https://doi.org/10.4301/s1807-17752006000300003

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2006)

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