ABSTRACT This paper examines the current state of electronic market (e-market) adoption in Australian SMEs based on survey data from 948 firms. The results show that the level of e-market adoption in Australian SMEs is still low with the dominant trend of adoption focusing on building their own e-markets. This is problematic for SMEs provided with the limited financial resources and technical expertise in SMEs for creating and maintaining an e-market. The adoption of a public e-market, as a result, should be promoted by the Australian government department for making a greater potential of the e-market in SMEs. The adoption of e-market in Australian SMEs does not differ much in terms of size but in different industries. Industries with high information dependence and low information tacitness have a higher chance of the adoption of e-market for conducting electronic commerce activities.

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审查澳大利亚中小企业的电子市场采用情况

摘要本文根据948家公司的调查数据，研究了澳大利亚中小企业在电子市场（e-market）的采用情况。结果表明，澳大利亚中小企业的电子市场采用率仍然很低，采用的主要趋势集中在建立自己的电子市场上。对于中小企业而言，这对于在创建和维护电子市场方面的财务资源和中小企业技术专长来说是个问题。因此，澳大利亚政府部门应促进采用公共电子市场，以在中小企业中发挥更大的电子市场潜力。在澳大利亚的中小企业中，采用电子市场的规模没有太大差异，但在不同行业中差异很大。