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Reddick, Christopher. "Government E-Commerce Adoption." Journal of E-Government 2, no. 2 (2006): 45–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j399v02n02_04.

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Vaicondam, Yamunah. "Hypermarkets‟ E-commerce Adoption among Youth in Puchong, Malaysia." International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 24, no. 1 (2020): 766–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.37200/ijpr/v24i1/pr200180.

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Ibrahim, Wanzu, Peter Turyakira, and Proscovia M. Katumba. "E-Commerce Adoption and Growth of SMEs in Uganda." International Journal of Business and Management 14, no. 1 (2018): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v14n1p46.

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Information and communication technologies (ICT), particularly e-Commerce, are considered very important to the growth and competitiveness of businesses globally. SMEs too need to embrace innovative e-commerce strategies if they are to stay competitive, profitable and successful in local and global markets. Increased use of the Internet offers potential benefits to SMEs, such as cost reduction, improved operational efficiencies, access to new customers and enhanced business growth. However, SMEs, particularly in Uganda, have generally been slow in adopting e-commerce. Empirical research into the challenges SMEs in Uganda face in adopting electronic commerce is also limited. This study sought to explore the factors affecting e-commerce adoption among SMEs; and to establish the influence of e-commerce adoption on SMEs’ growth in Uganda. A structured, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 172 owners/managers of SMEs in the Kampala District in Uganda. The empirical results of this study indicate that e-commerce adoption significantly influence the growth of SMEs.
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Kwan-Chung, Chap Kau, and Luis Ortiz-Jiménez. "Adoption of E-commerce: A meta-analytical study." Revista Internacional de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales 17, no. 1 (2021): 4–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.18004/riics.2021.junio.04.

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Mandal, Pratap Chandra. "Adoption of E-Commerce and M-Commerce Marketing Practices." International Journal of Business Strategy and Automation 2, no. 3 (2021): 20–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijbsa.20210701.oa2.

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E-commerce has become an important marketing channel with the increasing usage of internet by customers. Companies use both physical intermediaries and online distribution channels for selling their products and services. The study discusses about pure-click companies which sell products online and about brick-and-click companies which sell products both online and through intermediaries. The study focuses on m-commerce which is becoming an important distribution channel and preferred mode of transaction with the increasing usage of smart phones. Companies practicing e-commerce and m-commerce adopt a number of strategies to delight their customers and these strategies are discussed. Both e-commerce and m-commerce have a number of privacy and security issues. Companies should be aware of these issues and formulate measures to ensure privacy and security of information shared by customers. All these will help companies in adopting e-commerce and m-commerce, delighting their customers, building long-term relationships, and in achieving business excellence.
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Millman, Cindy. "E-Commerce Adoption by Micro Firms." International Journal of Online Marketing 1, no. 2 (2011): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijom.2011040101.

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This paper discusses the next stage of Internet usage by micro-businesses in the tourism sector, namely e-Commerce. Motivations for e-Commerce adoptions are examined and the perceived barriers are investigated. Moreover, experiences of the adopters are explored to identify the benefits gained and problems encountered. A qualitative approach is used and a pilot study conducted. In-depth face-to-face interviews with semi-structured questionnaires were conducted with twenty case studies, with a mix of e-Commerce adopters and non-adopters. The Critical Incident technique was used to encourage business owners to identify their experiences with this new business method. Preliminary results show that there are a number of ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors that reinforce business owners’ decisions in adopting the e-Commerce method. The findings have implications for researchers and policymakers. The diversity of small firms has led to the need to tailor policy initiatives and training programmes. In addition, this study is replicable in other small business sectors that face the next step of development in Internet usage.
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Richards, Joseph, and Dong Shen. "E-Commerce Adoption Among Chinese Consumers." Journal of International Consumer Marketing 18, no. 3 (2006): 33–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j046v18n03_03.

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Yeung, Jeff Hoi Yan, J. P. Shim, and Andy Yin Kit Lai. "Current progress of e-commerce adoption." Communications of the ACM 46, no. 9 (2003): 226–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/903893.903941.

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Karim, Shakir, and Ergun Gide. "Barriers to adopting E-commerce with small to midsized enterprises-SMEs in developed countries: An exploratory study in Australia." Global Journal of Information Technology: Emerging Technologies 8, no. 1 (2018): 24–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/gjit.v8i1.3438.

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AbstractThe paper aims to provide an insight about barriers affecting e‐commerce adoption with small to midsized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia. The objective of this research is also to consolidate the factors and determine the level of influence, either positively or negatively from the adopter’s perspective, on the adoption decision. This study also examines the factors influencing e-commerce adoption decisions in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Australia. Three groups of factors influencing adoption decisions are identified, including organisational, technology and environmental barriers influencing e‐commerce adoption and implementation in Australia. This paper mainly has used secondary research data and methods to provide a broad investigation of the barriers in Australia, how to overcome the hurdles in SMEs of Australia necessary for SMEs to help facilitate e-commerce adoption. The research is subject to academic journal articles, project reports, media articles, corporation based documents and other appropriate information. In future, questionnaire‐based survey and interview will be conducted with small to midsized businesses in Australia about e‐commerce adoption and implementation. The finding says that one of the most vivid implications of e-commerce for SMEs is the potential for external communication and information gathering for market and product research. However, the most common limitation of e-commerce in Australia is that e-commerce is mainly used for payment purposes only. The study has found that the historical relationship problems between Business Link and SMEs are still causing problems. Cost was not seen as an inhibitor to adopting e‐commerce. Some evidence is emerging that e‐commerce may be able to save failing or struggling businesses. Other unexpected outcomes are that e‐commerce had social benefits for SMEs’ owners in reducing working hours yet still increased sales. The findings also show that in Australia, organisations and manager’s characteristics, perceived benefits, organisational culture, organisational IT competence, technological competency, IT support, availability of financial support, management commitment/support, external pressure and cost of adoption are significant predictors of e-commerce acceptance in the SMEs and have significant relationships with e-commerce adoption in Australia
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Issa, Nafisa Bello, and Angela Siew Hoong Lee. "An Investigation on the Adoption of Electronic Commerce Systems for the Operators of Construction Companies." Journal of Business Administration Research 9, no. 1 (2020): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jbar.v9n1p9.

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E-commerce is emerging and growing in all kinds of businesses and industries over the world especially in the construction industry. This research focuses on the adoption of business-to- business kind of e-commerce in construction industry. This research aims to identify the motivational and barrier factors of the construction workers in influencing the adoption of e- commerce specifically in the construction industry world. As part of the research, a multinational company, which produces tools for the construction industry, will be used as a case study to look into how the customers of this company are adopting e-commerce. This research uses the Diffusion of Innovation model as the based research framework to understand the factors that explain the rate of adoption and how these factors are influencing the adoption in the construction industry. Other internal and external factors of companies such as the organizational factor, technological factor digital readiness will also be looked into to understand their influence as well when it comes to adoption of e-commerce. Data collection is done by distributing questionnaires to the related participants in the construction industry. Findings from this study provides insights on the factors of adoption by applying the diffusion of innovation model and recommendation of strategies for this industry to address the problem of low adoption of e-commerce among construction workers in the construction industry. This research showed that relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, Trialability, organizational readiness and trust are significant factors leading to the adoption of e-commerce systems. Culture as well as technological and digital readiness were found to be insignificant. Overall, the study’s findings enrich the discourse related to the adoption of e-commerce systems by construction companies in Asia and other parts of the world. The findings will be relevant for construction companies around the world planning to introduce or improve the e-commerce adoption of the customers. The study’s findings could also be relevant for future analysis of e-commerce adoption.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Adoption of e-commerce"

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Hashim, Noor Azuan binti. "E-commerce adoption by Malaysian SMEs." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2012. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14590/.

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E-commerce adoption among SMEs has been much discussed in management information technology and technological innovation literature. However, most of these prior studies focused mainly on e-commerce awareness or factors that influence e-commerce adoption. This study, on the other hand, attempts to develop a holistic insight into e-commerce adoption by SMEs. It investigates why some SMEs adopt e-commerce readily, and others do not. In addition, this study investigates the appropriateness of government support for SMEs encouraging them to adopt e-commerce. There is very little research that assesses e-commerce adoption by SMEs, certainly none as extensive as this, and there is also very limited empirical investigation of government support for SMEs to adopt e-commerce. This study helps to fill this gap by exploring these issues relating to e-commerce and SMEs. The framework model proposed in this study was developed out of an integration of various perspectives using the technological innovation literature, specifically the DOl and TOE frameworks. This model considers internal factors (the demographic characteristics of managers and their organisations), external factors (particularly government support), and reasons for, benefits of, and inhibitors to e-commerce adoption. Data for this study were collected through a questionnaire survey of over three thousand SMEs in Malaysia and forty face-to- face semi-structured interviews with SME managers and government officials . ., Results show there is a low level of adoption of e-commerce by SME managers whether or not they received government e-commerce supports. E-commerce usage hardly extends beyond e-mail. Online buying and complex websites, such as websites with online ordering and online payment facility are not common. Websites are used to provide contact details and information about the firm and information about its goods and services only, without displaying prices. The SME and SME manager demographic characteristics show significant association with e-commerce adoption. Two important factors that facilitate e- commerce adoption emerge from these characteristics namely SME location and the manager's experience of living abroad. To encourage e-commerce adoption, SMEs in developing countries need not only to have appropriate technology infrastructure installed, but also to be in a location with good public transportation services and efficient delivery methods. SME managers also need experience of buying and selling on the Internet, which they might gain while living abroad. The interviews raise a number of questions about the effectiveness of government support programmes, and the ulterior motives of SMEs. The benefits of e-commerce are more often perceived than achieved. Interestingly, the reason that SMEs adopt e-commerce is to enhance company image, rather than its efficiency. From the research findings, a series of recommendations for e-commerce adoption among SMEs in Malaysia emerges, providing guidance for policymakers, practitioners, and academics. Many recommendations, such as the need to evaluate e-commerce initiatives, may perhaps be extended to government K'T policies in the developing world as a whole. The study exposes many gaps, often overlooked, between the rhetoric of e-commerce adoption and the reality. The model proposed in this study may be comprehensive for e-commerce adoption in firms. Future research can build on and extend the proposed integrated model by including other potential factors from different contexts. It will be helpful to explore other statistical analysis, either in the current model or in an enhanced one. The findings will help towards a better understanding for firms and government and suggest a quantitative basis for them to determine favourable policies and conditions for expanding their e-commerce. This study provides the impetus for future research on many issues.
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Aldwsry, Mubarak. "E-commerce diffusion in high-income developing countries : determinants of e-commerce adoption and post-adoption of Saudi enterprises." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2012. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/43362/.

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The ubiquitous nature of e-commerce in developing countries demands an innovative conceptualisation of its adoption and post-adoption that responds to various contextual circumstances. Despite efforts made to investigate e-commerce adoption in developing countries, the literature suggests that the focus is mostly on a single perspective of a single adoption stage and concentrates on specific locations. To extend our understanding of the phenomenon, an exploratory phase is undertaken through a literature review as well as an exploratory investigation. Consequently, a holistic framework is integrated that includes organisational and environmental factors, in addition to innovation attributes. The framework is empirically validated using a statistically representative sample size of 384 enterprises of various sizes and industries in a high-income developing country from a poorly investigated region. The empirical analysis shows that perceived benefits as well as mimetic pressure are more influential for the adoption of e-commerce and scope of use than the utilisation amongst adopter organisations. In addition to coercive pressure, the readiness of financial institutions, IT industry and the government affect the scope of e-commerce use. For adopter firms, the extent of e-commerce adoption is influenced by business process readiness, government readiness and security. Commitment, especially from top managers, is a key determinant that links e-commerce adoption to the extent of adoption and the scope of e-commerce use. The findings indicate that the proposed models are sufficiently reliable in discriminating not only adopters from non-adopters, but also the extent of adoption and use across the value chain. Together, this research offers a multi-perspective framework of e-commerce adoption and post-adoption in high-income developing countries and identifies the factors that affect e-commerce adoption, and how these effects vary across adoption stages. It presents insight into various issues that influence e-commerce adoption and post-adoption in this little-explored region, which will be of interest to researchers, practitioners and policy makers.
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Zhu, Ling. "The Institutional Environment for B2B E-commerce Adoption." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195317.

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Grounding on institutional theory in organizational studies and e-commerce adoption literatures, this dissertation discusses the impact and effect of institutional environment on B2B e-commerce adoption. The institutional environment in question includes industrial, governmental, legal and national cultural factors. The study has been conducted in two phases. Phase I was in 2001-2003, as the infant stage of B2B e-commerce adoption. Phase II was in 2006-2007, reflecting the latest status of B2B e-commerce adoption. In both phases, the study collected and analyzed both secondary data at country-level and primary survey data at firm-level. The research methodology is a mixed approach of multi-time point, multilevel, multi-data source, multi-method, and comparative study. The cross-validated results of the study suggest that 1) the industrial pressure and/or encouragement is always the most powerful external facilitator for B2B e-commerce adoption; 2) at the beginning stage of e-commerce, the supportive government policy was a prime force to encourage private sector to adopt e-commerce; 3) as e-commerce becomes more prevalent and routine in business, e-commerce adoption becomes more business-driven, governmental policy loses its effect, and the legal environment becomes an important factor. The study is one of the first cross-country studies on the institutional environment in MIS research and fills the knowledge gap of understanding the external environment of e-commerce, especially from the temporal perspective. The research also offers empirical evidence to industrial practitioner and public policy-makers to develop e-commerce strategies.
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Alrousan, Mohammad Kasim. "E-commerce adoption by travel agencies in Jordan." Thesis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/7539.

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The advents of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet applications, have become indispensable tool to the tourism industry. ICTs have had a major influence in changing the structure of this industry, to be information intensive industry. Travel agencies category of SMEs , have a vital role in tourism; managing, coordinating and supplying all aspects thereof, such as transport sector, hospitality sector and leisure attractions. The factors affecting e-commerce adoption by SMEs have been well-documented in developed countries, but inadequate studies have been conducted regarding e-commerce adoption in the developing countries; particularly in Arab countries. Moreover, it has been found that in spite of potential benefits for travel agencies of adoption of ecommerce, travel agencies are commonly regarded as slow adopters of e-commerce, lagging far behind the developed countries. Therefore, the focus of this study is on investigating the factors affecting e-commerce adoption by focusing on Jordanian travel agencies. To achieve this objective; an integrated conceptual framework was developed on the basis of previous models and theories relevant to ICTs and e-commerce adoption, namely Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation model, the Technology-Organisation-Environment model and Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions theory. The conceptual framework was developed for the explanation of the factors affecting e-commerce adoption by travel agencies. These factors were used to identify different levels of e-commerce adoption. These levels include: non-adoption, e-connectivity, e-window, e-interactivity, e-transaction and e-enterprise. The quantitative method was applied in this study for data collection using self-administrated questionnaire distributed to 300 Jordanian travel agents. The total number of valid questionnaires was 206, constituting a response rate of 68.6%. The descriptive analysis was used to explain demographic profiles of participants and current state of ecommerce adoption level. Multinomial Logistic Regression was used to test the research hypotheses. The research findings revealed that there are three different adoption levels of e-commerce by Jordanian travel agencies: e-connectivity, e-window and e-interactivity. The results showed that relative advantage, observability, business/partner pressure, uncertainty avoidance and government support were the significant predictors differentiating e-window from e-connectivity. Moreover, relative advantage, observability, financial barriers, power distance, business/partner pressure and government support proved to be significant predictors differentiating between e-interactivity and e-connectivity. It was also found that observability, competitive pressure, firm size and complexity were significant predictors differentiating between e-interactivity and e-window. On the other hand, the results showed that compatibility,trialability, employees’ IT knowledge, top management support, manager’s attitude, and customer pressure were insignificant predictors of any of the e-commerce adoption levels. Upon that, it can be argued with confidence that different levels of e-commerce adoption are affected by different factors. This entails the necessity of addressing the above ten significant predictors as they can be useful for managers, IT/web vendors and policy makers in drawing a roadmap and strategies for expanding the use and benefits of ecommerce adoption. Moreover, the conceptual framework of the study provide a best explanation of factors affecting e-commerce adoption levels in travel agencies as an example of SMEs, which contribute to the knowledge in the area of information systems particularly in the context of e-commerce adoption in developing countries.
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Smith, Anita. "Strategies for E-Commerce Adoption in a Travel Agency." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5943.

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In 2016, online travel sales increased 8%, resulting in profits increasing to over 565 billion U.S. dollars. Traditional travel agencies in brick-and-mortar storefronts are facing challenges related to competing with online travel agencies (OTAs), attracting new customers, and retaining existing customers. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the e-commerce processes, business models, and strategies that leaders of traditional travel agencies use to compete with OTAs. The study sample consisted of 8 travel professionals from 3 small travel agencies located in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The conceptual framework for this study was Rogers's diffusion of innovation theory. Data for the study were derived from semistructured interviews, review of travel agency documents and websites, and review of interview transcripts. Data analysis and methodological triangulation included coding, organizing, interpreting, and summarizing data to identify themes. Four themes emerged: the effect of e-commerce on travel agents' performance, competing with online travel agencies, marketing strategies to attract and retain customers, and e-commerce processes used in travel agencies. Fifty percent of travel agents' business declined, and performance decreased because customers used OTAs or e-commerce websites to purchase vacations. Travel agents specialized in niche' travel destinations to compete with OTAs. Travel agents differentiated products and services to attract and retain customers. Leaders may use the findings to develop strategies, improve business processes, and profitability, thereby, increasing revenues, creating jobs, and providing income for families.
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Nwosu, Anthony Obioma. "E-Commerce Adoption by Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4089.

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The future survival of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is inextricably linked to their implementation of e-commerce systems. The lack of e-commerce strategies among SME business owners has contributed to a low level of e-commerce adoption by SMEs. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies that Nigerian SME business owners used to implement e-commerce systems. The population consisted of retail SMEs in Lagos, Nigeria, that have functional e-commerce systems. The conceptual framework supporting the study was dynamic capabilities framework. Data for the study were derived from semistructured interviews of 4 SME business owners/managers and documentation from the case companies. Data analysis entailed coding of the interview transcripts and analysis of documentary data to identify themes. Member checking and triangulation ensured the credibility of the study. The main themes that emerged from data analysis include service delivery strategies, dynamic marketing strategies, and learning and adaptation. The implications for social change include the potential to contribute to increased wealth creation opportunities for the business owners, their employees, and the local communities in Nigeria.
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Baig, Mirza Kashif, Hussain Raza, and Umer Farooq. "E-Commerce Adoption : A Comparative Study of Sweden and Pakistan." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-71165.

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The rapid proliferation of internet has turned the growth of e-commerce into a globalphenomenon including both, in the developed and developing countries. Several studies havebeen conducted in the perspective of consumer level e-commerce adoption for differentdeveloped countries. There felt a need to look into whether the same pattern of studies has anyimplication on other countries, especially the developing countries. This study aims at analyzingthe pattern of e-commerce adoption on consumer perspective and the factors that have greaterinfluence in the adoption of e-commerce by conducting a comparative study between Swedenand Pakistan. The factors of trust on online sellers, national culture, infrastructure involved in theoverall e-commerce activities and education level of consumers are found to have significantimpact on the adoption of e-commerce. Trust plays a pivotal role in e-commerce adoption due toa higher level of uncertainty followed by risk, invisibility of the parties involved in exchange andlack of control mechanism. Same is the case with the national culture whereby the propensity totrust on the online seller and risk taking are influenced to a great extent by different culturalorientation of consumers. Hofstede‘s (1980; 2001) frame work of cultural dimensions provide agood insight on national culture to draw their implication for the e-commerce adoption. Swedishculture appears to be more adaptive towards e-commerce than the Pakistani culture, due to itswider difference on the Hofstede‘s cultural dimension indices. Moreover Swedish customersexhibit more trust on suppliers‘ of online services and products. On the other hand, infrastructureand education are two important contextual factors that serve as support function to e-commerceactivities and complement each other such that without them e-commerce activities cannot beexecuted or flourished. Insufficient infrastructure and low education level are also the mainhurdles that refrain most of the consumers in Pakistan to make online purchases.
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Lee, Sze Kin. "Adoption of Business to Customer (B2C) E-commerce in Macau." Thesis, University of Macau, 2005. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636418.

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Mapeshoane, Tsebetso. "The adoption of e-commerce in the Lesotho tourism industry." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1780.

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Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology in Business Information Systems in the Faculty of Business at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology<br>Over the years, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been revolutionising global markets. Just as developed nations, there has been a push for developing countries to adopt ICT as leverage towards improving their economic development. However, in the current era ICT adoption has not been as widespread as anticipated in some parts of the world with its use in developing countries especially, lagging behind. This is particularly so amongst the small, medium, micro-enterprise (SMME) sector, which is an important driver of the economy in the developing world. SMMEs in developing countries have largely been hindered in the uptake of ICTs. This is, in part, due to underlying issues such as high cost of ICT, inadequate and unreliable infrastructure as well as lack of policy which promotes competition and growth of the ICT sectors. Amongst varying applications of ICTs, e-Commerce is one area in particular in which SMMEs have been relatively slow to adopt. In the current era many African countries have already taken firm steps to address infrastructure and ICT access issues. However improved access on its own will not result in economic growth. Thus it is important to also understand aspects of ICT adoption in developing countries. The purpose of this research was to investigate the factors affecting e-commerce adoption in a developing country. Lesotho presented itself as an ideal case to investigate e-commerce adoption amongst SMMEs in the Lesotho tourism industry. This study provides a deeper explanation of the factors that influence e-commerce uptake in the Lesotho tourism sector. In the extant literature, several studies and a number of generic models and frameworks on technology adoption explain a generalised understanding of technology adoption. None of these provide a contextualised perspective prevalent to businesses in the typical developing country environment. Evidence for the study was collected via questionnaire and interviews with businesses. Questionnaires were distributed, in the first instance, to understand the level of adoption of e- commerce amongst tourism businesses in Lesotho, and to assess what the internet was being used for. Based on this initial assessment, which confirmed the research problem, the researcher conducted interviews to investigate the actual adoption issues amongst tourism SMMEs in Lesotho. In addition, the discussion with SMMEs involved observations and examining the organisation‟s online activities or websites (where applicable) as well as the investigation of the country‟s e-commerce environment. The study was premised on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model as its framework. The results showed that SMMEs used the Internet on a daily basis for various purposes. However e-commerce services were not used by businesses even though there appeared to be a general consensus amongst respondents that e-commerce would increase productivity. The findings revealed that dimensions of the UTAUT model provided a sensible explanation regarding behavioural intention to adopt and use e-commerce amongst tourism SMMEs in the Lesotho tourism sector. In addition new dimensions in respect of adoption were identified, viz. national culture and facilitating conditions. From national culture and facilitating conditions dimensions, factors such as nepotism, masculinity, technological resources, costs, education and organisation‟s size were found to be mitigating factors against e-commerce adoption amongst SMMEs in the Lesotho tourism industry. Finally, an adapted UTAUT model is proposed for further study of e-commerce adoption in a developing country context.
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Rahayu, Rita. "E-Commerce adoption by small and medium sized enterprises in Indonesia : an empirical study of influencing factors and the impact of e-commerce adoption on SME performance." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2015. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/28718/.

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This study considers e-commerce adoption by SMEs in developing countries and, in particular, SMEs in Indonesia. It not only explores the extent of e-commerce adoption by SMEs in Indonesia and the determinant factors of e-commerce adoption but also the post-adoption benefits of e-commerce. It adds to the extant literature by considering both ‘downstream’ and ‘upstream’ factors within the context of developing countries. Many existing studies only consider upstream or downstream issues and in the context of developed countries. The focus is not on business organizations in general but SMEs in particular. The significance of this study is due to the limited current studies regarding e-commerce adoption in SMEs that were conducted developing countries. Eleven factors were identified as the determinant factors of e-commerce adoption and fifteen post adoption (upstream) benefits were identified. A combination of questionnaires and semistructured interviews were used in the data collection. Three hundred and one questionnaires provided quantitative data which was analysed by using regression analysis and ANOVA. The twenty-two, semi-structured interviews provided qualitative data about the reasons why these SMEs adopted e-commerce and the actual benefits realised by them, and all of that gave useful support to the questionnaire results. Data collection was in late 2013 / early 2014. This study found that six factors, namely perceived benefits, technology readiness, external support, manager/owners innovativeness, manager/owners IT experience and manager/owners IT ability, have a positive and significant correlation with e-commerce adoption. Then, extending market reach; increased sales; improved external communication; improved company image; improved speed of processing; and increased employee productivity were found as the top six e-commerce benefits perceived by the Indonesian SMEs. In addition to this, the adoption of e-commerce has a positive and significance impact on SMEs market performance and communication performance. The findings have implications for the Indonesian government, IT vendors and the SME owners. The low level of e-commerce adoption by Indonesian SMEs certainly has an implication for the Indonesian government. The results of this study could help them to increase further, and better target, effective programmers to encourage the adoption of ecommerce by Indonesian SMEs. For IT vendors, this condition would be an opportunity for them in promoting their products and services. In order to increase their success, they should also consider the determinant factors of e-commerce adoption. Many SME owners want to raise their level of adoption so that they can excel in competition This thesis makes a contribution to theory and practice by providing for Indonesian SMEs in particular, and SMEs in developing countries in general, a holistic picture of e-commerce adoption; the extent of e-commerce adoption; and, the determinant factors leading to adoption and the post adoption benefits.
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Books on the topic "Adoption of e-commerce"

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Shila, H. M. Assessment of e-business adoption in the delivery of services in Tanzania. Eastern and Southern African Management Institute, 2010.

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E-adoption and technologies for empowering developing countries: Global advancements. Information Science Reference, 2012.

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Gartner, Inc. Enterprise applications: Adoption of E-business and document technologies. AIIM International, 2001.

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1955-, Thomas Brychan, and Simmons Geoff 1971-, eds. E-commerce adoption and small business in the global marketplace: Tools for optimization. Business Science Reference, 2010.

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E-commerce adoption and small business in the global marketplace: Tools for optimization. Business Science Reference, 2009.

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1966-, Shareef Mahmud Akhter, ed. Proliferation of the Internet economy: E-commerce for global adoption, resistance and cultural evolution. Information Science Reference, 2009.

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Woodside, Arch G., and Mohammed Quaddus. E-Services Adoption B: Processes by Firms in Developing Nations. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2015.

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Woodside, Arch G., and Mohammed Quaddus. E-Services Adoption B: Processes by Firms in Developing Nations. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2015.

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Woodside, Arch G., and Mohammed Quaddus. E-Services Adoption: Processes by Firms in Developing Nations. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2015.

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Woodside, Arch G., and Mohammed Quaddus. E-Services Adoption: Processes by Firms in Developing Nations. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2015.

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Book chapters on the topic "Adoption of e-commerce"

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Egbokhare, Francisca, Kingsley Ukaoha, and Stella Chiemeke. "E-Commerce Adoption in Nigeria." In Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22603-8_8.

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Chhibber, Rakhee, and Chetan Chadha. "Adoption of Localization in E-commerce." In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0372-6_34.

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Ortega, Leonardo, Alison Cathles, and Matteo Grazzi. "E-Commerce and Productivity: Evidence from Chile." In Catalyzing Development through ICT Adoption. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56523-1_13.

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Henriksen, Helle Zinner, Kim Viborg Andersen, and Torben Pedersen. "IS Innovation: Adoption of B2B e-Commerce." In Towards the Knowledge Society. Springer US, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35617-4_37.

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White, Gareth R. T., Ademola Afolayan, and Eoin Plant. "Challenges to the Adoption of E-commerce Technology for Supply Chain Management in a Developing Economy: A Focus on Nigerian SMEs." In E-commerce Platform Acceptance. Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06121-4_2.

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Valarezo, Ángel, Rafael López, and Teodosio Pérez Amaral. "Adoption of E-Commerce by Individuals and Digital-Divide." In Applied Economics in the Digital Era. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40601-1_4.

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Soeng, Reth, Ludo Cuyvers, and Morarith Soeung. "E-commerce development and Internet banking adoption in Cambodia." In Developing the Digital Economy in ASEAN. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429504853-9.

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Abou-Shouk, Mohamed, and Wai Mun Lim. "Drivers of E-commerce Adoption in Egyptian Travel Agents." In Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2012. Springer Vienna, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1142-0_13.

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Verbraken, Thomas, Frank Goethals, Wouter Verbeke, and Bart Baesens. "Using Social Network Classifiers for Predicting E-Commerce Adoption." In Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29873-8_2.

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Zhang, Xibao. "Impediments to E-Commerce Adoption as Perceived by Businesses." In Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24273-1_22.

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Conference papers on the topic "Adoption of e-commerce"

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Nawaz, Shahid, Asad W. Malik, Aamir Shafi, and Samee U. Khan. "Cloud and E-commerce adoption." In 2015 12th International Conference on High-capacity Optical Networks and Enabling/Emerging Technologies (HONET). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/honet.2015.7395440.

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Liu, Meng-Chun, and Ming-Wen Hu. "E-Commerce Adoption by Taiwan Entrepreneurs." In 2008 3rd International Conference on Innovative Computing Information and Control. IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icicic.2008.241.

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Gatautis, Rimantas, and Bronius Neverauskas. "E-commerce adoption in transition economies." In the 7th international conference. ACM Press, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1089551.1089574.

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Almonte, Regina Garcia, Haidee B. Gonzales, and Aurea B. Natividad. "M-Commerce Adoption in the Philippines." In ICMECG 2020: 2020 International Conference on Management of e-Commerce and e-Government. ACM, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3409891.3409914.

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Maryati, Ira, Betty Purwandari, and Iis Solichah. "E-commerce Adoption Strategy for E-Library Development in Indonesia." In ICBIM '18: The 2nd International Conference on Business and Information Management. ACM, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3278252.3278275.

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Kareen, Pamela, Betty Purwandari, Iik Wilarso, and M. Octaviano Pratama. "E-commerce Adoption in SME: A Systematic Review." In 2018 6th International Conference on Cyber and IT Service Management (CITSM). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/citsm.2018.8674285.

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Hyoung Yong Lee, Hyunchul Ahn, and Ingoo Han. "Analysis of Trust in the E-Commerce Adoption." In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06). IEEE, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2006.61.

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Wei, Lee Heng, Mohd Azam Osman, Nasriah Zakaria, and Tan Bo. "Adoption of E-Commerce Online Shopping in Malaysia." In 2010 IEEE 7th International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icebe.2010.39.

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Religia, Yoga, Surachman Surachman, Fatchur Rohman, and Nur Indrawati. "E-Commerce Adoption in SMEs: A Literature Review." In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Economics Engineering and Social Science, InCEESS 2020, 17-18 July, Bekasi, Indonesia. EAI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.17-7-2020.2302969.

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Wen, Xian, Mengwei Zhang, Lu Sun, and Ziyang Li. "JIT Adoption and Corporate Innovation." In ICMECG 2020: 2020 International Conference on Management of e-Commerce and e-Government. ACM, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3409891.3409900.

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Reports on the topic "Adoption of e-commerce"

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Díaz de Astarloa, Bernardo, Nanno Mulder, Sandra Corcuera-Santamaría, et al. Post Pandemic Covid-19 Economic Recovery: Enabling Latin America and the Caribbean to Better Harness E-commerce and Digital Trade. Edited by Marcee Gómez. Inter-American Development Bank, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003436.

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This report shows that Latin America and the Caribbean faces critical policy challenges going forward. It must accelerate the digital transformation to allow businesses and consumers to adapt to a new normal and leverage pandemic recovery to create stronger economies, and also tackle long-standing barriers to adopting digital technologies and bridging digital divides. These have impeded sustained and equitable economic growth even before the pandemic struck. This crisis should be a wake-up call for governments, the private sector, civil society, and international development partners to come together and take concerted actions to advance on consistent, long-term, and sustainable e-commerce strategies that are at the forefront of national and regional productive development agendas. Just as digital solutions allowed countries to overcome the increased role of distance within the context of the pandemic in shaping consumption and business, they should also be harnessed to increase regional economic integration beyond this emergency situation.
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