Technology Tools: Discovering the E-Marketplace
Is doing business the e-way for you? These tools may help you to find the answer to this and many other questions.
- ebiz.enable
ebiz.enable is a comprehensive and easy-to-use Web site designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). Develop an e-business strategy that is relevant to your company and your global export business.
- E-Business Tutor
Website promotion of resources and training for small business and home-based business.
- E-Commerce in Service Industries
One of the first tools developed to specifically address the needs of Canadian service providers in the world of e-commerce, this website provides: profiles of Canadian service firms and industries that are using e-commerce; a comparison of statistical sources; studies and issue papers; recommended sources of assistance, and; a helpful e-commerce quiz. This site is also a gateway to other Industry Canada products that are relevant to doing business on the Internet.
- Europa – European e-Business Report 2003
Fifteen manufacturing and service sectors are ranked "e-champions", "e-intensive", "e-specific" or "late e-adopters" in the new European e-Business Report (2003 edition) on the take-up of electronic business across Europe.
- Industry Canada – E-Business Models
E-Business Models: A Conceptual Framework for Small and Medium-sized Canadian Enterprises.
- Industry Canada – Service Industries Overview Series
A range of market reports from the e-business perspective for selected sectors.
- SourceCAN
A free e-marketplace that matches Canadian products and services with thousands of business opportunities posted by domestic and foreign corporations and governments.
- The Digital Economy in Canada
This is the official website of Canada's Task Force on Electronic Commerce. It is the focal point for the development of a national Electronic Commerce Strategy, and provides important information on the adoption of e-commerce in Canadian business. The site offers extensive lists of e-commerce information resources for businesses, consumers, and government, in addition to information on: e-Team Canada's activities; trade policy and e-commerce; and public/private sector plans to enhance e-commerce adoption in Canada.
- Virtual Trade Commissioner
Your personal gateway to the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service provides you with online access to the Trade Commissioner Service, market information, business opportunities and ability to make service requests.
Companies are integrating e-business technologies into normal operations, for a more accurate, timely and in many cases, automated information flow.
Every percentage point of international market share in e-business transactions results in 180,000 jobs, according to the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters.
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