Small businesses think smart to keep up with Amazon drones

Jennifer Holden; Edoardo Pignotti; Liang Chen; Stavros Karamperidis

Small businesses think smart to keep up with Amazon drones

Jennifer Holden
, Edoardo Pignotti
, Liang Chen
, Stavros Karamperidis

Heriot-Watt University

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Abstract

The biggest names in internet retail appear to be dramatically stepping up efforts to make delivering your online orders, fast, reliable and extremely hi-tech.

But in a week in which Amazon talked up its army of parcel-dropping drones that can bring you products in less than an hour and Google hinted at robots ringing your doorbell, a report also suggested that many people outside big towns can’t get their hands on online orders at all.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation UK
Publication status	Published - 6 Dec 2013

Bibliographical note

Jennifer Holden's activities are supported by the award made by the RCUK Digital Economy programme to the dot.rural Digital Economy Hub; award reference: EP/G066051/1.

Edoardo Pignotti conducts research supported by the award made by the RCUK Digital Economy programme to the dot.rural Digital Economy Hub; award reference: EP/G066051/1.

Liang Chen conducts research supported by the award made by the RCUK Digital Economy programme to the dot.rural Digital Economy Hub; award reference: EP/G066051/1.

Stavros Karamperidis conducted research supported by the award made by the RCUK Digital Economy programme to the dot.rural Digital Economy Hub; award reference: EP/G066051/1.

UN SDGs

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SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

Google
Online shopping
Digital economy
Drones
Amazon
SMEs
Rural

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