Growth of electronic commerce, it's effects on small and medium size enterprises

The notion of electronic commerce, which represents the utilization of various electronic devices in commercial activities, has achieved an important role in todays economy, due to the rapid developments in information and communication technologies. The widespread and efficient use of electronic commerce tools bring benefits to economies. In addition to that, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), which are engines of economies especially for developing countries, also benefit from the advantages of electronic commerce.In this study, first of all the notion of electronic commerce and tools of electronic commerce are analysed, and the benefits to enterprises provided by electronic commerce are discussed. In the second part, the role of SME's in Turkish economy is analysed and their importance in development of Turkish economy is emphasized. In addition to that, the opportunities brought by electronic commerce to SME's are analysed and the importance of electronic commerce for SME's in competing with large enterprises is emphasized. In the last part of the study, the effects of electronic commerce on Turkish economy is discussed and it is shown that electronic commerce plays an important role for the future of our economy.Keywords: Electronic commerce, Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs), Turkish economy.