Strategic use of the Internet by small- and medium-sized companies: an exploratory study

Sadowski, Bert M.; Maitland, Carleen; Dongen, J van

doi:10.1016/s0167-6245(01)00054-3

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“…And whereas organisational size can play a potentially determining role in the e-business development and the performance of manufacturing SMEs (Sadowski, Maitland and Van Dongen, 2002;Yang, Yang and Wu, 2005), this factor will be included as a control variable in the research model. Apart from its size, the firm's age or organizational lifecycle may come into play as younger firms generally face higher information costs and financing constraints (Hartarska and Gonzalez-Vega, 2006), which may also influence their capacity to invest in e-business (Chan and Lin, 2007).…”

Section: Research Model On E-business Alignmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enabling the business strategy of SMEs through e‐business capabilities

Raymond

Bergeron

2008

Industrial Management &Amp; Data Systems

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SMEs face pressures from an increasingly competitive business environment. They are called upon to implement strategies enabled and supported by information technologies and e-business capabilities. Based upon the Internet and Web technologies, these capabilities are identified in the form of e-communication, e-commerce, e-intelligence and e-collaboration. From a contingency theory perspective, and using survey data obtained from 107 Canadian manufacturing SMEs, this study examines the alignment of e-business capabilities with business strategy, based on Miles and Snow's strategic typology. The performance outcomes of this alignment in terms of growth, productivity and financial performance are also examined. Results indicate that the ideal e-business profiles vary in the relation to the firms' strategic orientation, whether it is of the Defender, Analyzer or Prospector type.

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Section: Research Model On E-business Alignmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enabling the business strategy of SMEs through e‐business capabilities

Raymond

Bergeron

2008

Industrial Management &Amp; Data Systems

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“…For this purpose, variables that have been found to positively affect HRIS adoption will be used to determine the stability of the items. Hence, variables such as IT infrastructure (Zhu et al, 2006;Hadaya, 2008;Fink and Neumann, 2009;Oliveira and Martins, 2010;Al-Mobaideen et al, 2013), IT expertise (Lin and Lin, 2008;Soares-Aguiar and Palmados-Reis, 2008;Lee et al, 2009;Martins and Oliveira, 2009), financial readiness (Kuan and Chau, 2001;Iacovou et al, 1995), HR practices (Agarwala, 2003), and competitive pressure (Sadowski et al, 2002;Beveren and Thomson, 2002;Scupola, 2003;Zhu et al, 2003;Gibbs and Kraemer, 2004) will be correlated with HRIS adoption measure.…”

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“…Some researchers (Sadowski et al, 2002;Beveren and Thomson, 2002;Scupola, 2003;Zhu et al, 2003;Gibbs and Kraemer, 2004) come up with the empirical evidence and found competitive pressure as a powerful driver of IT innovation adoption. Contrary to that Teo (2007) did not found competitive pressure as a significant factor for the adoption of innovation.…”

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Diffusion of innovation theory: Beyond decision stage

Tariq¹,

Pangil

Shahzad

2017

Int. j. adv. appl. sci

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This paper has focused on the importance of human resource information system (HRIS) implementation in the organization to achieve the competitive advantage. This study proposed a research framework which is derived from diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory and technological, organizational, and environmental (TOE) framework. For the purpose of this study various determinants that could influence the adoption of HRIS such as IT infrastructure, IT expertise, financial readiness, HR practices and competitive pressure have been evaluated. A proposed methodology is established in the paper which could assist futuristic researchers who are willing to pursue their study in similar context. Previous studies had focused the process of HRIS adoption at decision stage (stage 3 of adoption process in DOI) as dichotomous scale though none of the studies have developed the scale for HRIS implementation (stage 4 of adoption process in DOI). Along with identification of literature gap, this study has also exhibited theoretical and practical implications with regard to HRIS adoption.

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“…In addition, electronic ordering, e-marketplaces, and online shopping intelligent agents such as shop and price bots have facilitated online purchasing. Communication with vendors is strongly represented here as communication requirements have been a motivating factor of Internet adoption by SMEs (Sadowski et al 2002).…”

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Electronic supply chain management applications by Swedish SMEs

Beheshti

Hultman

Jung

et al. 2007

Enterprise Information Systems

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The Internet has become an integral part of business activities of most corporations today. Electronic supply chain management (SCM) can improve the operational efficiency of the firm by streamlining processes between the company and its suppliers, business partners, and customers. This research explores the extent and the degree of Internet application in Swedish small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The analyses of the data show that the Swedish SMEs use the Internet in their supply chain activities to a large degree. The study establishes some differences between smaller and larger organizations as well as between manufacturing and service companies.This is an electronic version of an article published in Enterprise Information Systems,Vol. 1, No. 2, May 2007, 255–268. Enterprise Information Systems is available online at: www.tandfonline.com QC 2012011

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Strategic use of the Internet by small- and medium-sized companies: an exploratory study

Cited by 160 publications

References 6 publications

Enabling the business strategy of SMEs through e‐business capabilities

Enabling the business strategy of SMEs through e‐business capabilities

Diffusion of innovation theory: Beyond decision stage

Electronic supply chain management applications by Swedish SMEs

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