E-Commerce and its Effects in Supply Chain Management

E-Commerce in today’s world is playing an important role in global business. A quantitative and quantitative research was conducted with professional members, employees working in organization which are dealing with E-Business or online working via internet and their views gave an empirical and dynamic approach to make business efficient and effective. Connectivity with market to find best manufacture for goods and for manufacture to finds its buyer for their finished goods. Flow of information become faster and gathering of data become easier to make activities of business to get optimal results. Numbers of goods are available complications to finds goods are removed by complimentary goods. Supplies of goods at proper time in order to meet demand by consumer plays win to win game. Improved methods of technology like RFID make work easier and accessible information about goods to management. Manpower in forms of labor is reducing which leads to decrease in the cost of goods. Ordering cost saves time and gives a specified time both producers to make commodity and consumer for delivery of goods. E-Commerce with contrast of components of supply chain in the form of ware house, logistics, number of listing suppliers, number of listing items on one web in the form of website on one platform give dynamic image to businesses in the race of competitive world. Business transactions done with internet not only reduce time but also make documents or records for longer time able to send data from distant parts of the world. Through websites we can get completive price information and other relevant information for goods.

Social Networking and Entrepreneurial Opportunities: the Case of Women Entrepreneurs in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

This exploratory study aims to develop an understanding about entrepreneurial phenomena experienced by women of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In order to explore the complexity of the phenomenon qualitative study is conducted to identify the networking issues faced by women entrepreneurs of KPK. This study also develops an insight about the networking activities being practiced by them and role of push and pull factors on networking process, and how does trust factor effect the process. As literature suggest there is sufficient research conducted on the topic of entrepreneurship but still many areas need further exploration. This study answers to the various calls made by researchers to identify networking process of women entrepreneurs working in different societies. Socio-cultural aspects were taken into the consideration to understand the dynamics of KPK, as it effects the life of every individual in every sphere of life. Woman being an entity are defined as physically weak, incapable and dependent on man in certain societies, therefore they face societal barriers more often than a man. In order to understand how does women orientation towards the venture development is effected by the contextual factors, in-depth, face to face interviews were conducted to explore the participants’ perception related to their startups, grounded theory approach was used to analyze the data. Study provides empirical evidence that: personality traits effect women decision making to become an entrepreneur, whereas their intention is being moderated by the push and pull factors that are embedded in social context, moreover, women social networking plays an important role in venture success and trust factor moderates the network ties. Based on grounded findings this study concludes that networking issues being faced by women entrepreneurs tend to perceive an opportunity is embedded in entrepreneurial context.