02.e-commerce Development (miguel De Zela)

E- Commerce Development   Lessons Learned in Developing Countries

    Miguel Pardo de Zela Commercial Counselor U.S. Embassy, Hanoi

 

Vietnam E-business Forum 2007 January 17, 2007

The 80’s

Telecommunications

The 90’s

Information Technologies

  Now:

Info Communications

Impressions from Developing Countries  

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Needing to “keep up”

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Appreciation for the “knowledge economy”

As services and devices became more affordable....

  - reached further down into the demographic layers   - use became as diverse as the people themselves.

....................next wave in info communications ?

 

Network Management     Network users will to demand …. and be willing to pay for…

  •access to timely and relevant information •presented in a logically structured way •that can be easily retrieved and used.

 

Search engines not enough. ..because they try to do too much.

...an e-commerce application

“Global

Trade and Investment Management (GTIM) Network”

•develop competency across four areas of business process management; •provide a Web-enabled platform to apply competencies to actual business transactions

........what are the four the core business processes ?  

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gathering market intelligence ;

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engaging in market promotion; and

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identifying market contacts…

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leading to successful transactions

“Global Trade and Investment Management Network” .......elements

•Book •GTIM Web Site •Business Service Centers