Aspects of Incorporation of ICT in the Greek Agricultural Enterprises: The Case of a Prefecture

Botsiou, Maria; Dagdilelis, Vassilios

doi:10.1016/j.protcy.2013.11.051

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“…Qualitative studies were also carried out to examine the trends of IT influence on the agriculture context. For instance, Botsiou and Dagdilelis (2013) found that many families in Greek farming communities contributed to the use of ICT by providing relevant information and were considered to be key drivers for agricultural communities. Adoption of and opposition to ICT was found to be largely dependent on the awareness of individuals.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Determinants of ICT Adoption Among Small Scale Agribusiness Enterprises In Somalia

Abdullahi¹,

Hassan²,

Mahmud³

et al. 2021

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The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can advance the Agricultural Business sector, particularly in a country seeking opportunities to explore the sector. There is evidence that ICT has made significant contributions to agribusiness because it allows enterprises to manage their operations, and it has major impacts on the business. However, the critical factors that motivate the adoption of new innovative technology by agribusiness enterprises are underexplored. The literature has indicated ICT adoption among small-scale agribusiness enterprises in Somalia is not fully understood. Nevertheless, this study addresses this gap by investigating the adoption of ICT among small-scale agribusiness enterprises in Somalia. The paper reports the use of the Technology, Organization, Environment (TOE) framework. An online survey has been conducted with random sampling for data collection, with 107 respondents. The respondents are from agribusiness staff and farmers from various agricultural companies in Somalia. After quantitative data analysis, the results indicated that relative advantage, complexity, top management support, and competitive pressure factors are significant contributors to ICT adoption in Somalian agribusiness enterprises, while ICT costs and vendor support are not significantly related to the adoption of ICT in agricultural business. This study concludes that ICT adoption in Somalia is inspired by insight and motivation rather than financial and external support. Understanding these factors leads to a better understanding of ICT adoption in Somalia. Additionally, it enriches the literature about the agriculture business on the African continent

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“…Adoption of and opposition to ICT was found to be largely dependent on the awareness of individuals. It was concluded that digitally educated people could be major drivers of the adoption of ICT in such communities (Botsiou and Dagdilelis, 2013).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of ICT Adoption Among Small Scale Agribusiness Enterprises In Somalia

Abdullahi¹,

Hassan²,

Mahmud³

et al. 2021

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“…Some studies covered these use cases, from the implementation of new ICT [4]- [6], the proper determinants used to assess the ICT usage [7]- [8] and surveys on rural areas to determine the ICT usage. Botsiou and Dagdilelis [9] developed a study to evaluate the ICT profile of 29 farms in the northern region of Greece using a semi-structured interview process. They were not interested in evaluating whether a computer was available with an Internet connection for the needs of rural enterprise, but whether if it was used, for what purpose and in what way.…”

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confidence: 99%

Potential for Technological Modernisation and Innovation Based on ICT in Agri-Food Companies of Central Region of Portugal

Gaspar¹,

Soares²,

Caldeira³

et al. 2015

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This paper assesses the potential for technological modernisation and innovation based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in agri-food companies located in the central region of Portugal. The survey was applied to 50 agri-food companies of Cereals, Cheese, Olive oil, Dry sausages, Honey, Wine, and Horticultural sectors. Survey results can be summarised as: The large majority of companies use computers and have Internet service. Most of companies don't have a webpage and neither use Internet for advertising campaigns, selling or buying products. Half of companies use social networks for business purposes. Most companies haven't promoted collaborators training in ICT in the last year. Companies claim that possessing a webpage and attending ICT training will be the technological solutions that will improve their productivity and/or marketing products and services. For each sector, recommendations and suggestions were provided in order to promote the use of ICT for business purposes. 

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“…This impact, however, has been poorly investigated in the information systems literature, which tends to emphasize demographic and individual variables that may influence the diffusion of ICT in agriculture (see, for instance, Ali & Kumar, 2011;Botsiou & Dagdilelis, 2013;Das, 2014;Läpple, BAR, Rio de Janeiro, v. 14, n. 2, art. 3, e170006, 2017 www.anpad.org.br/bar Renwick, & Thorne, 2015).…”

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Sociomaterial Practices: Challenges in Developing a Virtual Business Community Platform in Agriculture

Hoppen

Klein

Rigoni

2017

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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Virtual business communities (VBC) are virtual networks of people who share common interests and comprise online software platforms that enables the fast exchange of information, collaboration and business interactions. From 2011 to 2015, we developed a design science research to create a VBC platform for an agricultural cluster of flower growers in the South of Brazil. The goal of this platform was to help to structure and strengthen this cluster by bringing together buyers and sellers while fostering cooperation to boost cluster competitiveness and economic development in the region. However, a number of challenges surfaced during the process, which led to a failure in the VBC platform's diffusion. We adopted a sociomaterial perspective based on the mangle of practice concept (Pickering, 1993) to investigate this failure, by analyzing the key challenges involved in developing a VBC platform in an agricultural context. As its main result, this paper reveals the mangling process during the design and application of the VBC platform and details the different instances of tuning between the participants and the technology. We observed resistance and factors that weakened cooperation and resulted in a lack of governance rules, which are key to the success of a VBC platform.

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Aspects of Incorporation of ICT in the Greek Agricultural Enterprises: The Case of a Prefecture

Cited by 12 publications

References 10 publications

Determinants of ICT Adoption Among Small Scale Agribusiness Enterprises In Somalia

Determinants of ICT Adoption Among Small Scale Agribusiness Enterprises In Somalia

Potential for Technological Modernisation and Innovation Based on ICT in Agri-Food Companies of Central Region of Portugal

Sociomaterial Practices: Challenges in Developing a Virtual Business Community Platform in Agriculture

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