Adoption issues of business-to-business Internet commerce in European SMEs

A. Scupola*

*Corresponding author

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapportKonferencebidrag i proceedingsForskningpeer review

Abstract

This article presents the preliminary findings from an explorative case study concerning barriers, benefits and use of SMEs adoption of business-to-business Internet commerce. The main findings were that SMEs embrace the Internet mainly just by chance; the government and public administration are seen as the main change agents in the adoption and diffusion of Internet commerce among SMEs; cost is not an important factor in the adoption decision; setting up an advanced home page with a shopping basket for buying and selling on the Internet is often seen as a minus rather then a plus for competitive advantage; complementary factors among which digital imaging technologies and spreading of English as a common business language have to be developed in order to increase the value of Internet commerce to small business.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelProceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2002
RedaktørerRalph H. Sprague
Antal sider10
ForlagIEEE Computer Society Press
Publikationsdato2002
Sider2119-2128
Artikelnummer994141
ISBN (Elektronisk)0769514359
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2002
Begivenhed35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2002 - Big Island, USA
Varighed: 7 jan. 200210 jan. 2002

Konference

Konference35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2002
Land/OmrådeUSA
ByBig Island
Periode07/01/200210/01/2002
NavnProceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Vol/bind2002-January
ISSN1530-1605

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