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This study aims to investigate the issues of electronic commerce activities in small and medium sized
enterprises as a consequence of organizational change initiated by the adoption of information technologies.
The fundamental issues influencing electronic commerce practices of SMEs are their insufficiency
of cognitive learning and organizational strategy, financial and distribution problems specific to SMEs,
limitations of supply chain management, reluctance of organizational culture for electronic change, problems
of information technologies usage, insufficiency of human resource, resistance of top management to
organizational change as required by the adoption of information technologies, integration problems of
new technologies with the existing systems, lack of confidence on the side of customers towards electronic
commerce. A study of the Turkish Automotive Supplier Industry has revealed that electronic commerce
has been adopted and its benefits are accepted. However, the industry has to overcome some technical
and managerial difficulties to implement it more efficiently and effectively.