Strategic Uses of E-Commerce by SMEs in the East of England

Drew, Stephen

doi:10.1016/s0263-2373(02)00148-2

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“…Those studies, with exceptions, (Drew 2003), that classify businesses by sector in general terms and independently of the country or environment studied, detect differences between sectors with regard to possessing a corporate Website, Ellis-Chadwick, Doherty and Hart (2002). However, most works only refer to this variable for descriptive purposes, presenting the limitations of using this variable because of the difficulties involved in establishing an exact and significant classification due to the fact that the studies are obliged to reduce the sample groups considerably in order to increase the number of businesses belonging to each group (Bonsón and Escobar, 2002).…”

Section: H3: Possessing a Corporate Website Is Independent Of The Commentioning

confidence: 96%

Empirical Evidence Concerning Smes Corporate Websites: Explaining Factors, Strategies and Reporting

García-Borbolla¹,

Larran²,

Lopez³

2005

IJDAR

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Abstract. The important role played by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in any contemporary economy as a motive force for generating employment and wealth is universally acknowledged and therefore this work is based upon a more detailed study concerning the efficiency of SMEs.Therefore by analysing a sample of 816 SMEs, we aim to study the information published on their Websites in order to clarify certain doubts with respect to the type of target users and thus discover the objectives and strategies pursued by publishing a corporate Webpage. Given the low observed percentage of SMEs with a Website (31.74%) we have also studied the factors influencing the propensity of businesses to possess a corporate Website.

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Section: H3: Possessing a Corporate Website Is Independent Of The Commentioning

confidence: 96%

Empirical Evidence Concerning Smes Corporate Websites: Explaining Factors, Strategies and Reporting

García-Borbolla¹,

Larran²,

Lopez³

2005

IJDAR

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“…The location of an organisation is an important consideration in innovation adoption (Carcary et al, 2014;Drew, 2003;Gengatharen & Standing, 2005;Minifie, 2014). Robert and Mira (2010) argued that SMEs in regional areas are particularly constrained by great distances.…”

Section: Metropolitan Vs Regionalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Security and Privacy Concerns for Australian SMEs Cloud Adoption: Empirical Study of Metropolitan Vs Regional SMEs

Senarathna

Yeoh

Warren

et al. 2016

AJIS

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New national infrastructure initiatives such as the National Broadband Network (NBN) allow small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia to have greater access to costeffective Cloud computing. However, the ability of Cloud computing to store data remotely and share services in a dynamic environment brings with it security and privacy concerns. Evaluating these concerns is critical to address the Cloud computing underutilisation issue and leverage the benefits of costly NBN investment. This paper examines the influence of privacy and security factors on Cloud adoption by Australian SMEs in metropolitan and regional area. Data were collected from 150 Australian SMEs (specifically, 79 metropolitan SMEs and 71 regional SMEs) and structural equation modelling was used for the analysis. The findings reveal that privacy and security factors do not significantly influence the decision-making of Australian SMEs in the adoption of Cloud computing. Moreover, the results indicate that Cloud computing adoption is not influenced by the geographical location (i.e., metropolitan or regional location) of the SMEs. The findings extend the current understanding of Cloud computing adoption by Australian SMEs. The results will be useful to SMEs, Cloud service providers and policy makers devising Cloud security and privacy policies.

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“…37,38,39 The characteristics of the individuals represented by the CEO or owner's on SMEs is an important part in adopting ICT. Some research found that the positive impact of knowledge CEO ICT adoption 40 and experience of the CEO is another trait that influence of ICT in SMEs. 41,42,10,43,44 According to Jeon in Korea 71 CEO's knowledge largely determine the adoption of e-business.…”

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ICT adoption in affecting organizational performance among Indonesian SMEs

Chairoel¹,

Widyarto²,

Pujani³

2015

ITMR

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The objective of this research is to identify conceptually factors affecting ICT adoption and its impact among Indonesian SMEs. The prior studies involve conceptual model of the combination between Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory, The technology-organization-environment (TEO) theory, and Iocovou's framework. The prior studies believed the Internal and external factors influencing ICT adoption. This study found that the characteristic of technology, organization, and managerial are included as internal factors in adopting ICT. In the meantime, environment factors also are included as the external factor.

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Strategic Uses of E-Commerce by SMEs in the East of England

Cited by 193 publications

References 11 publications

Empirical Evidence Concerning Smes Corporate Websites: Explaining Factors, Strategies and Reporting

Empirical Evidence Concerning Smes Corporate Websites: Explaining Factors, Strategies and Reporting

Security and Privacy Concerns for Australian SMEs Cloud Adoption: Empirical Study of Metropolitan Vs Regional SMEs

ICT adoption in affecting organizational performance among Indonesian SMEs

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