Furthermore, compared to the extensive literature on the benefits and potential of the Internet as a component of the
exporting business, Internet and EC adoption among SMEs in general and SME exporter in particular, research on the
Internet and EC adoption by handicraft SME exporters in the developing countries is limited and sketchy. The majority of
publications, press articles, journals, textbooks, and white papers on the Internet and EC adoption by SMEs deal with
developed nations (constantinides, 2004).