Asian companies are at risk of losing their fundamental competitive advantage - cost - because they are lagging behind in the introduction of e-commerce. Companies most at risk are those with trade flows outside of Asia, concludes a Boston Consulting Group BCG report, Arming for e-combat in Asia Pacific.
BCG estimates that the saving potentially generated by the implementation of business-to-business B2B in its fullest form should be 6% by 2010. Therefore, if Asia continues to lag behind in the adoption of e-commerce, those cost benefits gained by the West could seriously challenge Asia's cost advantage in certain industries and all but eliminate it...
