SMEs and E Commerce The Asia Foundation
Figure 1.9
Driving forces behind using the Internet
Expenditure reduction
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Contact client
94
Information Search
47
others
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No. of respondents
4.2.2.3 Time spent using the Internet per month
Over 50% of companies used the email more than 40 hours per month. Almost
50% of companies used other functions of Internet more than 40 hours per month
(Figure 1.10).
Figure 1.10
Time spent using the Internet per month
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>40 hr/month
78
38
20 30 hr/month
53
30
<1 hr/month
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No. of respondents
Email hr/ month
Other functions hr/month
By sector, most companies in every industry but distribution and trade used the e
mail more than 40 hours per month. Most companies in distribution and trade
sector used the e mail 20 30 hours per month.
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