SMEs and E Commerce The Asia Foundation
Figure 1.
40
Reasons for developing a website
Distribution channel
6
Information distributing
7
Image improving
4
18
Promoting
4
other
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
No. of respondents
Benefits that these companies expected from the websites (Figure 1.41) included
Promoting their company (69%)
Distributing their company's information (55.2%)
Establishing new distribution channel (69%)
Improving their company's image (31%)
Figure 1.41
Expected benefits from websites
Distribution channel
20
16
Information distributing
Image improving
9
Promoting
20
other
2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
No. of respondents
33