Notice of Retraction Adoption of e-commerce strategy in a private SME in China

Notice of Retraction After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE's Publication Principles. We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper. The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org. Electronic commerce (EC) is expected to play an increasingly important role in the 21st century global market, especially in developing countries. This paper investigates adoption and development of e-commerce strategy in a private SME in the East Coastal Area of China. The findings help to explore the EC status, major contributing factors, and unique values of EC in adopting and developing e-commerce strategy in SMEs in China. The findings should also be important for studying EC trends in the emerging markets.