{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2900822018","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijeei.2019010103","title":"An Exploratory Study of Cross Border E-commerce (CBEC) in China: Opportunities and Challenges for Small to Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs)","display_name":"An Exploratory Study of Cross Border E-commerce (CBEC) in China: Opportunities and Challenges for Small to Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs)","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-11-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2900822018","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijeei.2019010103","mag":"2900822018"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.4018/ijeei.2019010103","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijeei.2019010103","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210191280","display_name":"International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation","issn_l":"1947-8585","issn":["1947-8585","1947-8593"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006287785","display_name":"Qiuyan Fan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4717-4916"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63525965","display_name":"Western Sydney University","ror":"https://ror.org/03t52dk35","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63525965"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Qiuyan Fan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63525965"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5006287785"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63525965"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.4486,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":39,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94413549,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"9","issue":"1","first_page":"23","last_page":"29"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14139","display_name":"E-commerce and Technology Innovations","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1403","display_name":"Business and International Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14139","display_name":"E-commerce and Technology Innovations","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1403","display_name":"Business and International Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.7266550064086914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/china","display_name":"China","score":0.7104201912879944},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/leverage","display_name":"Leverage (statistics)","score":0.618276834487915},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/e-commerce","display_name":"E-commerce","score":0.5376756191253662},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises","display_name":"Small and medium-sized enterprises","score":0.5195765495300293},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/boom","display_name":"Boom","score":0.4898092448711395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-ecosystem","display_name":"Business ecosystem","score":0.47553539276123047},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marketing","display_name":"Marketing","score":0.467204749584198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/product","display_name":"Product (mathematics)","score":0.42336326837539673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/commerce","display_name":"Commerce","score":0.35879307985305786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-organization","display_name":"Industrial organization","score":0.3502601385116577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.13662436604499817}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.7266550064086914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C191935318","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148","display_name":"China","level":2,"score":0.7104201912879944},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153083717","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6535263","display_name":"Leverage (statistics)","level":2,"score":0.618276834487915},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78597825","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484847","display_name":"E-commerce","level":2,"score":0.5376756191253662},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48879800","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622439","display_name":"Small and medium-sized enterprises","level":2,"score":0.5195765495300293},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141441539","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1970908","display_name":"Boom","level":2,"score":0.4898092448711395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C167908162","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q870119","display_name":"Business ecosystem","level":2,"score":0.47553539276123047},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.467204749584198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90673727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901718","display_name":"Product (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.42336326837539673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54750564","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26643","display_name":"Commerce","level":1,"score":0.35879307985305786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.3502601385116577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.13662436604499817},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87717796","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146326","display_name":"Environmental engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.4018/ijeei.2019010103","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijeei.2019010103","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210191280","display_name":"International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation","issn_l":"1947-8585","issn":["1947-8585","1947-8593"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:igg:jeei00:v:9:y:2019:i:1:p:23-29","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/IJEEI.2019010103","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.4399999976158142,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/17","display_name":"Partnerships for the goals"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":4,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1530999776","https://openalex.org/W1913708226","https://openalex.org/W2032045712","https://openalex.org/W2614951687"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3161710089","https://openalex.org/W2353620890","https://openalex.org/W2353579321","https://openalex.org/W3130795706","https://openalex.org/W3049366059","https://openalex.org/W2088384090","https://openalex.org/W3087499667","https://openalex.org/W2537816284","https://openalex.org/W2383202214","https://openalex.org/W2543163178"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Development":[0],"of":[1,8,12,128,142,148,168],"cross":[2,23,131,169,255],"border":[3,24,132,170,256],"e-commerce":[4,25,84,90,99,171,177],"(CBEC)":[5],"is":[6,159,251],"one":[7],"the":[9,33,48,51,57,81,97,105,129,143,166,191],"major":[10,138],"enablers":[11],"SMEs":[13,54,113,135,163,202,243],"access":[14],"to":[15,55,60,74,77,95,151,161,164,182,189,207,213,259],"overseas":[16],"market":[17,37,120],"opportunities.":[18],"The":[19],"boom":[20],"in":[21,66,146,196,233],"China's":[22,58,130,254],"has":[26,30],"been":[27],"exponential.":[28],"It":[29,72,158,239],"made":[31],"China":[32],"world's":[34],"largest":[35],"cross-border":[36,42],"with":[38,184,215,222,246],"over":[39],"200":[40],"million":[41],"online":[43,217,248],"consumers.":[44],"This":[45,101,198],"article":[46,199],"explores":[47],"opportunities":[49,108,192],"and":[50,62,86,109,123,139,156,173,186,219,226,266],"challenges":[52,110],"for":[53,111,115,263],"leverage":[56],"CBEC":[59,122,185,195],"find":[61],"develop":[63,87,174],"new":[64,223],"customers":[65],"markets":[67],"outside":[68],"their":[69],"domestic":[70],"ones.":[71],"aims":[73],"help":[75,162],"small":[76],"medium":[78],"enterprises":[79],"understand":[80,165],"unique":[82],"Chinese":[83,98,119,216,231],"ecosystem":[85,172],"an":[88,175,247],"appropriate":[89,176],"strategy":[91,178],"that":[92,104,179,201,242],"enables":[93,180],"them":[94,181,188],"enter":[96],"ecosystem.":[100],"research":[102],"reveals":[103],"significant":[106],"growth":[107],"those":[112],"poised":[114],"business":[116],"expansion":[117],"into":[118],"via":[121],"offers":[124],"a":[125,137,204,234],"detailed":[126],"understanding":[127],"ecommerce":[133],"system.":[134],"are":[136],"important":[140,160],"part":[141],"world":[144],"economy":[145],"terms":[147],"making":[149],"contribution":[150],"Gross":[152],"Domestic":[153],"Product":[154],"(GDP)":[155],"employment.":[157],"significance":[167],"engage":[183,214],"empower":[187],"maximize":[190],"offered":[193],"by":[194,230],"China.":[197],"recommends":[200],"take":[203],"proactive":[205],"approach":[206],"developing":[208],"effective":[209],"digital":[210,237],"marketing":[211],"strategies":[212],"consumers":[218],"keep":[220],"up":[221],"policies,":[224],"programs":[225],"regulatory":[227],"changes":[228],"introduced":[229],"governments":[232],"fast":[235],"changing":[236],"environment.":[238],"also":[240],"suggests":[241],"consider":[244],"cooperation":[245],"retailer":[249],"who":[250],"present":[252],"on":[253],"B2C":[257],"platforms":[258],"yield":[260],"better":[261],"results":[262],"brand":[264],"building":[265],"direct":[267],"sale.":[268]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}