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Factors inflencing the level of adoption in electronic commerce among SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute heavily to economic growth, social structure and employment as well as regional and local development. Consequently, they have become a significant sector of the economy. The lack of e-commerce (EC) research on SMEs in developing countries is chal...

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Main Authors: Abdul Aziz, Faieza, Jamali, Negar
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Information System & Research Center 2013
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spelling my.upm.eprints.287202015-09-07T07:51:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28720/ Factors inflencing the level of adoption in electronic commerce among SMEs Abdul Aziz, Faieza Jamali, Negar Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute heavily to economic growth, social structure and employment as well as regional and local development. Consequently, they have become a significant sector of the economy. The lack of e-commerce (EC) research on SMEs in developing countries is challenging because the findings of previous EC studies on SMEs of developed countries cannot be freely generalized to the context of SMEs of developing countries. To help SMEs, in particular those in developing countries, with EC adoption, this research investigates the factors within the Technological Organizational Environmental (TOE) framework that affect the decision to adopt EC as well as the adoption and non-adoption of different EC tools. Furthermore the current research attempted to investigate the level of EC adoption in SMEs. A questionnaire-based survey using a quantitative approach is conducted. Two hundred thirty five manufacturing SMEs were selected as respondents in this work. The findings showed that seven out of ten factors have significant positive relationships with EC adoption, which were buyer/supplier pressure, support from technology vendors, perceived compatibility, CEO innovativeness, perceived relative advantage, competition and information intensity. Moreover, results showed that 57.02 percent of SMEs adopted EC. Institute of Information System & Research Center 2013-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28720/1/Factors%20inflencing%20the%20level%20of%20adoption%20in%20electronic%20commerce%20among%20SMEs.pdf Abdul Aziz, Faieza and Jamali, Negar (2013) Factors inflencing the level of adoption in electronic commerce among SMEs. International Journal of Information Technology & Computer Science, 8 (2). pp. 105-110. ISSN 2091-1610 http://ijitcs.com/volume%208_No_1/Negar.pdf
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description Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute heavily to economic growth, social structure and employment as well as regional and local development. Consequently, they have become a significant sector of the economy. The lack of e-commerce (EC) research on SMEs in developing countries is challenging because the findings of previous EC studies on SMEs of developed countries cannot be freely generalized to the context of SMEs of developing countries. To help SMEs, in particular those in developing countries, with EC adoption, this research investigates the factors within the Technological Organizational Environmental (TOE) framework that affect the decision to adopt EC as well as the adoption and non-adoption of different EC tools. Furthermore the current research attempted to investigate the level of EC adoption in SMEs. A questionnaire-based survey using a quantitative approach is conducted. Two hundred thirty five manufacturing SMEs were selected as respondents in this work. The findings showed that seven out of ten factors have significant positive relationships with EC adoption, which were buyer/supplier pressure, support from technology vendors, perceived compatibility, CEO innovativeness, perceived relative advantage, competition and information intensity. Moreover, results showed that 57.02 percent of SMEs adopted EC.
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author Abdul Aziz, Faieza
Jamali, Negar
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Factors inflencing the level of adoption in electronic commerce among SMEs
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Jamali, Negar
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title Factors inflencing the level of adoption in electronic commerce among SMEs
title_short Factors inflencing the level of adoption in electronic commerce among SMEs
title_full Factors inflencing the level of adoption in electronic commerce among SMEs
title_fullStr Factors inflencing the level of adoption in electronic commerce among SMEs
title_full_unstemmed Factors inflencing the level of adoption in electronic commerce among SMEs
title_sort factors inflencing the level of adoption in electronic commerce among smes
publisher Institute of Information System & Research Center
publishDate 2013
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28720/1/Factors%20inflencing%20the%20level%20of%20adoption%20in%20electronic%20commerce%20among%20SMEs.pdf
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