Internet in purchase processes of Polish SMEs

Ewa Prałat

No WORMS/20/06, WORking papers in Management Science (WORMS) from Department of Operations Research and Business Intelligence, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine how small and medium-sized enterprises use Internet in their purchase processes. The available Internet tools included homepages of suppliers, company blogs, social networks, B2B e-commerce websites, B2B e-marketplaces, e-catalogues, e-requests, etc. The matter of the sources of information about suppliers was also raised. The author conducted a survey among 126 small and medium-sized enterprises from the Lower Silesia Region. It was aimed at learning their preferences as to how to use the Internet in the purchasing process, at evaluating the usage rate of individual solutions and at identifying the types of products bought via the Internet.

Keywords: SME; Purchase process; Internet tool (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L25 L81 L86 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2020-05-06
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Published in: 35th IBIMA Conference: 1-2 April 2020, Seville, Spain

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