Evaluating the critical determinants for adopting e‐market in Australian small‐and‐medium sized enterprises

Duan, Xiaoxia; Deng, Hepu; Corbitt, Brian

doi:10.1108/01409171211210172

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“…Wal-Mart has required and pushed its suppliers to use wireless tracking(RFID) technology (Li, Wang, Zhang, & Chu, 2010) as well as car manufactures in the US that required their suppliers to use EDI in their dealings with them (Iacovou et al, 1995). Therefore, the greater the pressure from trading partners perceived by the SME, the more likely they are to adopt certain technology innovation(s) in order to maintain their own competitive position (Duan, Deng, & Corbitt, 2012).…”

Section: Environmental Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinant Factors of E-commerce Adoption by SMEs in Developing Country: Evidence from Indonesia

Rahayu

Day

2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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The aim of this study is to investigate those factors that influence SMEs in developing countries in adopting e-commerce. This study is motivated by the fact that the adoption of e-commerce by SMEs, especially in developing countries, is still very far behind the adoption by large companies. Yet to be able to survive in the new economic era, which is the information era; businesses, including SMEs, are forced to adopt e-commerce. Non-adopters will be left behind by the adopters. In addition, studies regarding e-commerce adoption by SMEs are rarely found. Therefore, the results of this study provide a timely understanding of e-commerce adoption by SMEs in developing countries. The model developed in this study is based on the TOE framework. Eleven variables are proposed as the factors that influence SMEs in adopting of e-commerce. These are organized into four groups, namely: technological factors, organizational factors, environmental factors and individual factors. Based on a survey of 292 Indonesian SMEs, it was found that perceived benefits, technology readiness, owners' innovativeness, owners' IT ability and owners' IT experience are the determinant factors that influence Indonesian SMEs in their adopting ecommerce.

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Section: Environmental Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinant Factors of E-commerce Adoption by SMEs in Developing Country: Evidence from Indonesia

Rahayu

Day

2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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“…While some studies have shown that e-business tool adoption in developed countries is impacted significantly by normative and mimetic pressures [40,41], this paper suggests that these pressures differ per individual tool.…”

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E-business capabilities in developed and developing countries: Different or the same?

Adebanjo

Tickle

Lin

et al. 2016

2016 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT)

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2016 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.Abstract -This paper compares the e-business capabilities in developed and developing countries; in particular the awareness and usage of e-business tools and the barriers / drivers of adoption. We surveyed 136 managers of organizations (in both developed and developing countries) and analyzed the responses via the SPSS Statistics software package. A number of statistically significant differences were found between the 2 sets of organization; interestingly, however, a number of areas showed minimal difference between the 2 sets of organizations, suggesting the gap between them beginning to close.Keywords -e-business, developed vs. developing countries, operations managers I. INTRODUCTIONThis paper studies the use of e-business tools as well as the drivers and barriers to their adoption across both developed and developing countries to investigate differences between the 2 sets of countries. E-business adoption has moved from a 'nice to have' to a necessity due to the vital role it plays in global businesses [1,2], with many suggesting that the question is not whether or not e-business tools should be adopted but how this adoption should be conducted [3,4]. E-business tools offer a large array of benefits to those that implement them; examples include increased competitive advantage, improved communication, improved agility, increases in efficiency and access to new markets [5,6]. Similar benefits of adoption include reduced costs and increased process improvements [7,8] as well as improvements in inventory management, distribution and production planning [9,10].In recent years there has been an increased interest in the role that e-business plays in the field of operations and supply chain management [11,12]; it is for this reason that this paper investigates e-business tools from an operations management perspective. Much has been written about the benefits of e-business tool adoption, however there are a vast array of different tools available to organizations [7] and as such there is currently limited understanding on which tools are used most often and which are the most effective. Similarly, there has been limited research on e-business tool adoption outside of developed countries such as those in Europe, North America and Japan [1]. Those studies that have looked at the diffusion of e-business tools have concluded that developing countries lack the levels of e-business implementation present in developed countries [1,13]. There has, however, not been a single study confirming these supposed differences. All of these factors serve as motivations for conducting this study. A. The e-business toolsAs this study investigates e-business ...

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“…Studies have established that major factors determining the success of Internet based information technology adoption include privacy, security and trust [17]. Security concerns have influenced the selective application of e-marketing in which only electronic mails are exchanged online without corresponding electronic payments [18] .Studies by [18] indicated that security concerns had a negative relationship with e-marketing adoption. Similarly studies by [19] showed a negative relationship with security concerns of adopting e-marketing.…”

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Challenges in E-Marketing Adoption Among Small Businesses in the Hospitality Industry in Kenya

Omoga¹

2019

International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Comm

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Small businesses appear to be slow in adopting e-marketing. This study sought to investigate the challenges faced by small businesses in adoption of E-marketing. Specifically, this study sought to determine the relationship between security concerns and adoption of E-marketing and to determine the relationship between perceived cost of e-marketing technology and adoption of E-marketing among small businesses in the hospitality industry in Kenya. A cross sectional survey design was employed. Stratified random sampling method was used to generate the study sample of 115 small businesses, out of which respective owner-managers responded. The study used structured self administered questionnaire to collect primary data while secondary data were collected via relevant publications. Instrument reliability assessment was confirmed using cronchbas alpha while validity was confirmed using content and construct validity testing. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equations Modeling implemented in WarpPLS v.5 software. The results show that a negative relationship exists between Security concerns and e-marketing adoption (β= -0.158, p= 0.047). The results also show a negative relationship between perceived costs and e-marketing adoption (β= -0.260, p= 0.002).This study recommends the provision Information Technology security systems to prevent spy ware, viruses and hackers and hence improve security of the Internet and provide relatively affordable hosting services for small businesses. The policy makers should also play an active role to ensure that the cyber laws effectively regulate online transactions and protect against virtual theft and hacking. The Vendors of E-marketing applications should also create awareness among small businesses on the advantages of e-marketing and especially on newer technologies like the provision of Software As A Service (SAAS) using cloud technologies. This may reduce the cost of adoption of e-marketing among small businesses that are resource constrained. The Government should also invest in the necessary I.T. infrastructure to allow E-marketing and payment services to be conducted

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Evaluating the critical determinants for adopting e‐market in Australian small‐and‐medium sized enterprises

Cited by 91 publications

References 37 publications

Determinant Factors of E-commerce Adoption by SMEs in Developing Country: Evidence from Indonesia

Determinant Factors of E-commerce Adoption by SMEs in Developing Country: Evidence from Indonesia

E-business capabilities in developed and developing countries: Different or the same?

Challenges in E-Marketing Adoption Among Small Businesses in the Hospitality Industry in Kenya

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