Determinants of Electronic Commerce Adoption

ISBN-13: 9783838320137 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 360 str.

Nabeel Al-Qirim (United Arab Emirates University Uae)

Opis

This book is a study of determinants of eCommerce adoption in small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in New Zealand. The book uses an eCommerce adoption model consisting of different factors which may influence, or hinder, adoption of eCommerce technologies by SMEs in New Zealand. The book uses different methodological approaches to collect data using survey and focus group instruments. The factors included the Chief Executive Officers (CEO), cost, business size, relative advantage, compatibility of eCommerce with the business, competition, support from technology vendors, information intensity of products, and pressure from suppliers or buyers. This book finds certain factors to contradict previous research findings. These anomalies suggest the uniqueness of the eCommerce adoption context in SMEs in New Zealand.

O autorze

He is an Associate Professor in UAE University since 2004. He is the editor of three books and published more than 80 research papers. His research interests: E-Commerce, SMEs, E-Government, HIS and telemedicine. Prior to joining Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand) in 1999, he worked as an IT consultant for 12 years