Small Business Expansions in Electronic Commerce. A Look at How Small Firms AreHelping Shape the Fastest Growing Segments of E-Commerce

摘要

American small businesses have been entering the world of electronic commerce inlarge numbers, as both developers and beneficiaries of the systems that are revolutionizing business practices. Connectivity is the watchword of this new era and small firms are connecting rapidly. This publication presents a brief survey of available data on one of the fastest growing sectors in the economy. Government statistics in this area continue to be limited. In an effort to document the growth of e-commerce, therefore, the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy assembled primarily private sector market research for this report.