Title
The Quality Assessment And Content Analysis Of Corporate Websites In China: An Empirical Study
Abstract
This study evaluates 74 Chinese corporate websites by examining their contents and functions to understand the business objectives. It found that business objectives of these websites mainly focused on publicity, and very little on online sales. Firms in banking and construction industries develop the highest quality websites, while firms in public services and retailing are the laggards. Chinese websites are ease to use with consistent information. The article also compared the findings in China in this study with those in the United States, Australia, and Singapore in similar studies. It found that industry characteristics were similar among nations while more complicated website functions were more popular among the firms of developed countries. The findings will contribute to the research of e-business by confirming the existence of innovators and laggards of Web technology adoption in model given in E. M. Roger, Diffusion of Innovations (The Free Press, New York, 1962), and help managers understand current status of Chinese websites.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1142/S0219622007002472
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & DECISION MAKING
Keywords
Field
DocType
website assessment, e-business in China, corporate websites
Content analysis,Public relations,Diffusion of innovations,China,Publicity,Developed country,Business objectives,Marketing,Mathematics,Empirical research
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
6
2
0219-6220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.45
17
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
You-Min Xi1255.92
Youlong Zhuang247026.68
W. Huang3783.82
Congguo She440.45
Zhipeng Zhang5134.17