The study of technology adoption has been a hot topic among researchers in the IS community in recent years. With the increased use of the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW), many small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have taken advantage of the potential benefits that e-commerce can provide. However, a significant number of SMEs have not adopted e-commerce yet. This study surveyed manag...

Although the adoption of e-commerce is widely studied in the industrialized world, only a small number of these studies focus on developing countries. An even smaller fraction of these studies focus on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which account for a high percent of the economy generated in developing countries. In this study, managers/owners of SMEs in Chile identified variables ...

Information exchange between the buyer and supplier is an important aspect of supply chain management. B2B e-commerce helps firms to share information, maintain relationships, and conduct transactions more efficiently. The choice of B2B e-commerce transactions will influence, and as well as affect, the relationships between exchange parties. Thus, the choice of e-commerce transaction mechanisms...

Many organizations lack a framework to assist managers in assessing e-commerce adoption. There has been limited literature to guide the development of a framework. The purpose of this exploratory study is to build a framework with less computation and easy application in e-commerce assessment by analyzing the actual state of e-commerce activities implemented in firms. Quantitative research is c...

By combining two independent research streams, we examine the strategic value and adoption of electronic commerce (e-commerce) as perceived by top managers in small and medium sized enterprises (SME). We propose a research model that posits three factors that have been found to be influential in previous research in the perception of strategic value of other information technologies. Inspired b...

the purpose of this research was analyzing attitude of rural cooperatives managers in khouzestan province toward electronic commerce, iran. the research method was correlative descriptive. the population of this study included rural cooperatives managers in khuzestan province. the total number of members was 101 people. due to the limited population, census method was used. questionnaire reliab...

background: management is the most important factor in success and survival of organizations. managers thus have decisive vital role in development of any organization. the purpose of this research was to assess the opinions and perceptions of executives and academic experts about islamic management components. methods: this study used qualitative content analysis to evaluate 14 academics who h...