A new age e-business model for SME

Suttisak Jantavongso, School of Multimedia Systems, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800. Email: suttisak@go.com

Dr. Raymond Koon-Ying Li, School of Multimedia Systems, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800. Email: Raymond.li@infotech.monash.edu.au

Keywords

dotcom, B@B, SME, e-business, v-business, SME enterprise software, ASP, trust, culture, society.

Abstract

During the last decade, Internet and multimedia technologies have advanced at an incredible pace. This paper presents a new business model that will keep pace with, and take full advance of, the new developments in emerging technology. The model is designed to target small and medium enterprises, in particular, those in developing countries such as Thailand. The paper highlights some of the issues, threats and opportunities of the proposed new model. Trust, a cultural and social issue identified in the model, is discussed as a central consideration when adopting the proposed model.