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Title
The Impact Of E-Commerce On Local And Small Scale Enterprise In The Accra Metropolitan Assembly,Osu-Klottey District Accra
Creator
Karimou Bola Hope
Description
Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) have a great influence on the lives of people of our economy. They play vital roles such as revenue generation and creation of employment. Statistics proves that SMEs constitute over 60% of all businesses in developing countries. And probably the percentage is higher than the estimate when it comes to Ghana. Over the years, programmers and workshops are being organized to enhance development and expansion of small business enterprises by government and non-government organization (NGOs). So many business enterprises grow rapidly to a point and when there is a small change in the economy, and then it depresses them from their point. On the basis of the study conducted on the topic ““The impact of e-commerce on local businesses and small scale enterprises in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Osu-Klottey District Accra. The sample size was made up of hundred and sixty (160) SMEs within Accra. Respondents were provided with questionnaires to fill. The following general conclusions were made from the research conducted, it is evident that there are quite worrying state of the affairs relating to the use of e-commerce to improve business growth strategies of small scale enterprises within the metropolis. Generally, the respondents agreed that e-commerce helps to improve the survival status of local businesses. However, the usage is limited to mobile phone and internet leaving out chunk of the tools and their application or usage. It was recommended among other things that government and policy makers should collaborate with small-scale enterprises union to develop cheaper software’s to aid their businesses. The study also recommended that small-scale enterprises and their owners (management) should build a culture that is favorable to technology and innovation and seek how technology can give them competitive advantage
Subject
Msc. Management Information Systems
Publisher
Ghana Technology University College
Date
May, 2018
Contributor
Dr. William Brown-Acquaye