ICT Strategy and Micro-Entrepreneurs Growth: The Indonesian Case

Abstract

The importance of Information and Communication Technology has been recognized but often undervalued by small businesses. Furthermore, best practices of ICT use in large companies do not always translate to a small business environment. Few studies have been done at the intersection of ICT and Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in a ‘holistic’ manner taking into consideration various aspects of ICT adoption and use. The LIAISE framework provides guidelines for investigating various aspects of ICT adoption and use, including ICT literacy, information, and content, access, infrastructure and support, and evaluation. The framework was originally developed for the non-profit sector and has been applied in the small business context by examining MSEs in developing countries. Using a case study in Indonesia, this paper will use LIAISE as an analytical framework to investigate mobile phone adoption and use by micro-entrepreneurs.

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“…Banjar has become the centre of industry 4.0 or the digital economy [42]. Therefore, the Smart Banjar concept has been developed in this research, adapted from the Smart Village concept based on [27]- [31] research. Based on the analysis results carried out, it was found that there are differences in the framework dimensions in several pieces of research.…”

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“…• az IKT használatának értékelését (E). [19] Az eredetileg non-profit szektor vizsgálatára kifejlesztett keretrendszer releváns és alkalmazható a kisvállalati szektorban történő IKT-elfogadásának a vizsgálatára [18] [20] [19], mivel a non-profit szektor -sok tekintetben -jelentős hasonlóságokat mutat a kisvállalkozói szektor működésével [1] .…”

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