E-commerce Readiness and Diffusion: The Case of Brazil

E-Commerce Readiness and Diffusion: The Case of Brazil PAULO BASTOS TIGRE Instituto de Economia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Av. Pasteur, 250. Urca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ptigre@ie.ufrj.br paulotigre@aol.com This research is part of the Globalization and E-Commerce project of the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) at the University of California at Irvine. The research is supported by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (CISE/IIS/CSS, No. 0085852). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The project in Brazil is also supported by a grant from the National Council for Science and Technology Development (CNPq). I am thankful to Ken Kraemer for his careful and insightful review of the initial drafts and to Ricardo Dickstein for his helpful assistance. Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations University of California, Irvine | www.crito.uci.edu