An Examination of Electronic Commerce Effects on non- oil Export in Iran

Subject Areas : Financial Economics

Farhad  Dezhpasand ¹ (Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University.)
Maryam  Karami ² (M.A In Economics)

Received: 2015-06-10 Accepted : 2015-06-10 Published : 2009-09-23

Keywords: Electronic Commerce, Internet Penetration ratio, Non-Oil Export,

Abstract :

Nowadays Information and Communication Technology has been a major issue in economic, social and cultural development in different countries. Advent of Internet and its application in recent years have changed traditional means of trade. Introducing the new technology, Internet, in economies have been developed a modern trade mode: Electronic Business (E-commerce or EC). EC made a revolution in traditional means of trade and caused enormous saving in time and costs. In an electronic environment local and time related distances lose meaning and trade is done on electronic information basis. EC as a presentation of communication and information technology revolution in economic realm, is tended to progress and we can expect to witness a evolution in framework of trade and retail sale operations as a whole. In international trade on of the areas we can see cross-country relations, is the flow of export and import of goods and services which EC could have been pave the ways of world trade and made it prosperous. Here we have examined effects of EB on non-oil exports in two groups of countries. The first group includes US, Canada, France, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Denmark and India. The second one encompasses Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Spain, Italy, Greece and Poland. The study has reviewed period 0222- 0222 and resulted in a significant positive effect of internet as an index of EC on non-oil exports in each group of countries.