this research is part of the globalization e commerce project center for on information technology and organizations crito at university california irvine material based upon work supported by national science foundation under grant no 0085852 any opinions findings conclusions or recommendations expressed in are those author s do necessarily reflect views ______________________________________________________________________________ www uci edu singapore impetus impact march 2004 wong poh kam & ho yuen ping nus entrepreneurship 14 prince george park email bizwpk sg nechoyp 1 summary overall level readiness terms infrastructure investment par with that a global sample 10 benchmark countries sectoral analysis indicates distribution retail wholesale sector most ready while financial services