The Prospects of E-commerce forThe SMEs in Malaysia

The advancement of the information age with theinvention of the Internet is changing the whole worldinto a global village. The part of human civilizationthat is most affected by the information age is noneother than the business world. The way to conductbusiness using the electronic media especially theInternet is known as e-commerce or e-business. Thesmall and medium industries in Malaysia seem to bevery slow in responding to this informationrevolution, which is not good for the developmentof Malaysian economy. Therefore, this research isconducted to assess the readiness for e-commerceamong the SMI/SME in Malaysia, and hopefully theresearch will help to instill awareness among the SMEstowards ecommerce and help them to speed up theirinvolvement in e-business.