While providing insight into the overall e-readiness of countries on the macro level, few studies have attempted to evaluate e-readiness from a micro perspective. In particular, a small number of studies have undertaken as assessment of the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the United States, Australia, some European and Asia...

This study explores the factors of e-commerce adoption among Sarawakians. One is level cybersecurity awareness. We aim to assess readiness for Sarawakians due lack conducted on subject. A research model based perceived risk (PR), usefulness (PU) and quality products (PQ), intention (I) services in Sarawak proposed. The validity proposed then tested using various tests such as item reliability, ...

This article shares experience on aspects related to the methodology and modeling of a framework of City E-Governance Readiness. We discuss Europe’s progress in this domain using an “e-readiness” assessment methodology: the Integrated City E-Governance Policy Model of the IntelCities Research Project (2004-2007). Practices and trends in 12 European cities are analyzed, drawing on the results of...

The article presents results of the empirical research revealing readiness of adults to participate in the lifelong learning process using e-learning, m-learning and t-learning technologies. The research has been carried out in the framework of the international project eBig3 aiming at development a new distance learning platform blending virtual learning environments, television and mobile tec...

There are several well-established surveys on e-government. These surveys employ different assessment models for e-readiness, digital divide and other relevant factors, leading to varying conclusions on the global state of e-government. This paper presents a comparative study of 11 international surveys on egovernment between 2001 and 2004. It identifies a common set of ‘core indicators’ for as...

The implementation of businesstobusiness electronic commerce (B2B e-commerce) is being categorized as a system with high degree of difficulty since it involves complexity of the multiple relationships and interactions between trading partners. Thus, for Small Medium Enterprise (SME) to partake in the B2B e-commerce activities, they need to have attained some reasonable level of e-readiness meas...

Understanding the readiness of users is paramount to the success of any e-learning programme. Implementing e-learning by educational institutions has strong benefits, one of which is that e-learning provides consistent content that assists students to overcome problems involved with instructors different teaching styles.E-readiness assessment is a useful tool for determining a country‟s startin...