Assessing the Adoption of E-Business in the Region: A Quantitative Study

The development of e-business in SMEs in the European regions needs effective e-adoption models. This paper verifies e-business adoption models for SMEs by collecting and analyzing data in the Pomeranian Region of Poland. The paper consists of five sections. The Introduction discusses the theoretical foundations and purpose of the survey. Section 2 characterizes e-business adoption models. The methodological background to the main items of the survey is outlined in the next section. The main results of the survey are presented, illustrated graphically, discussed and explained in Section 4. The Summary contains synthetic conclusions derived from the research.