Studying the current status of technology adoption

Bharati, Pratyush; Chaudhury, Abhijit

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“…Therefore, conceiving phase is not been included as they already decided the proposed technology and applications to be acquired. Further, the results aligned with previous studies on SMEs that the top management is the champion of the strategic IS planning process in which they have the power to make the decision related to the overall organization [14,15]. The users will only decide on the specific applications to be used in their respective department.…”

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Strategic IS Planning Practices: A Case of Medium Manufacturing Company in Malaysia

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Abstract. Deployment of Information Technology/Information Systems (IT/IS) has been recognized as one of the potential means to supply information for timely business decision making. Despite growing importance of IT/IS in business, Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) embrace constant challenges to deploy IS effectively, and thus, hardly to optimize the IT/IS strategic values. In such situation, IS planning is getting paramount to promote more effective IT/IS management of the firms. This study reports IS planning practices of a manufacturing-based SME. The face to face interview has been carried out to explore IS planning activities in a chosen firm. The qualitative analysis suggests that the selected company did undergo the four phases of strategic IS planning process namely, planning, analysing, selection, and implementation. The owner act as the champion of the strategic IS planning process. Further, the owner and the employees plays an important role as a decision maker. Specifically, the owner decides mainly on acquiring a new technology related to the firm's core business process whereas the users responsible on the selection of relevant application (s) to be used in their respective departments. Apart from that, the owner also plays a role as a researcher for the new technology acquired whilst the users provide an input on the applications to be acquired. Background and Objective of StudyGreater reliance on Information Technology/Information Systems (IT/IS) on daily operations and strategic needs urges today's organisations to emphasise on the IS planning. Appropriate IS planning practice enables organisations to narrow the gap between IT/IS and the strategic objectives of the organisations. IS alignment then leads to a greater competitiveness and value derived from IS-related investment [1].Increased importance of IT/IS in organisation has attracted considerable research to understand the impact of IT/IS on firm performance. Specifically, IS planning emerges as one of the primary focuses as long as IT/IS deployment is concerned. IS planning refers to a process of specifying an organization's selection of computer-based applications and technologies that correspond to the organisations strategic objectives [2].

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“…Areas researched include the opportunities created by this new medium for small firms such as international market access, increased visibility and improved domestic market performance (Lefebvre et al, 2005;Coviello and McAuley, 1999;Keogh et al, 1998) as well as the barriers such as the lack of financial and non-financial resources, lack of the appropriate skills, under investment in staff training and poor knowledge of the Internet start up process (Lefebvre et al, 2005;Fillis and Wagner, 2007 ). To a lesser extent there has been a focus on the factors that affect the adoption of technological innovations including the Internet by SMEs (Bengtsson et al 2007;Bharati and Chaudhury, 2006;Lynskey, 2004).…”

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“…In small size businesses usually the owner or manager makes the innovation adoption decision and thus his/her characteristics impact his/her receptiveness to change. Table 3.5 illustrates commonly researched individual factors from both organizational (Thong, 1999;Sultan and Chan, 2000) and consumer adoption literature (Lockett & Littler, 1997;Kimberly & Evanisko, 1981;Brancheau & Wetherbe, 1990) (Rogers & Shoemaker, 1971;Kimberly &Evanisko, 1981), some researchers found a non significant relationship between these two variables (Lockett & Littler, 1997 Bengtsson et al , 2007;Doherty et al, 2003;Beatty et al, 2001;Bharati and Chaudhury, 2006;Premkumar & Roberts, 1999;Corbitt, 2000;Sultan &Chan, 2000;Cragg &King, 1993;Grover & Goslar, 1993. Top management support is important for creating a supportive climate and providing the required resources for the adoption of new technology (Premkumar & Roberts, 1999 Thong, 1999;Yu, 2006;Teo and Ranganathan, 2004. These studies provided valuable insights into the importance of studying individual characteristics when the adopter unit is an organization. This is because the adoption decision is made by individuals within organizations whose characteristics do affect the adoption decision.…”

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“…The literature on SMEs adoption on the web emphasized the inherent characteristics and abilities of the owner/ manager as being key determinants of web adoption (Simmons et al, 2008;Bengtsson et al, 2007;Bharati and Chaudhury, 2006;Martin and Matlay, 2003;Barba-Sanchez et al, 2007). Based on an empirical study, Bharati and Chaudhury (2006) found that top management and customers were the main determinants for technology adoption by high-tech U.S. manufacturing firms.…”

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“…Based on an empirical study, Bharati and Chaudhury (2006) found that top management and customers were the main determinants for technology adoption by high-tech U.S. manufacturing firms. Similarly, in their empirical study on the adoption of advanced internet marketing operations by Swedish small, medium and large firms, Bengtsson et al (2007) found that the presence of Internet champions, top management support and entrepreneurial support were the top three attributes that differentiated between firm adopters and non-adopters of advanced…”

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Studying the current status of technology adoption

Abstract: Examining the extent and nature of adoption of technologies by micro, small, and medium-sized manufacturing firms in the greater Boston area.

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