This paper examines why both B2B and B2C small businesses adopt of E-commerce. It provides an examination of the association between B2B/B2C adoption and other organizational and managerial factors by questioning small business managers about business sector, market focus, gender of the CEO and educational level of the CEO. It also examines the groupings and priorities of criteria used in the d...

Small businesses have limited resources that need to be utilised for maximum return. Business intelligence (BI) systems can provide decision-makers, who in small businesses are predominantly the owner-managers, with access to data that enables them to make informed decisions on where to apply their limited resources. Given the dearth of literature on the role of BI in small businesses this rese...

Comprehensive evaluation of small and micro businesses was significant problem for the researchers and the managers in corporations for these years in China. Small and micro businesses played an important role in taxes payment and social employment, providing convenience of people's life in every country. The article collected the data of small and micro businesses in east of China in 2010, ame...

Small businesses need Internet service to be competitive, and their spending on IT activities continues to grow. How can Internet Service Providers tap into this potentially lucrative market? This study attempts to identify Internet service features that are important to small businesses. Specifically, it used a survey method to explore the relationships between the importance of various featur...

In recent years, the growth of Mobile Computing, Electronic Commerce and Mobile Electronic Commerce has created a new concept of Mobile Electronic Marketing. New marketing models are being explored and used by small businesses and merchants to target mobile users in ever-changing ad hoc environments. Utilization of network infrastructure like hotspots networks can assist these small businesses ...

This research examines potential barriers within the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework that affect the decision to adopt Electronic Commerce (EC) and extent of EC adoption within Small Businesses (SBs) in the context of developing countries. This research also signifies the discriminators of adoption and non-adoption of different EC applications. Through a questionnaire-based ...

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in most world economies suffer from a series of intense economic pressures from local, regional and international markets. Although these problems are microeconomic to the small and medium-sized business, they are directly related to macro economic factors, particularly in the case of labor. One of the main pressures small and medium-sized businesses suf...

We acknowledge the valuable contributions of many individuals. Most importantly, we thank Steven Stoft for his participation and insight. We also thank the California Air Resources Board, the California Public Utilities Commission, and E3 for helpful data and methodological clarifications.