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| author | MEHDI M. POORANGI |
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| contents | E-commerce adoption in Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises Practitioner Firms: A revisit on Rogers’ model MEHDI M. POORANGI EDWARD W.S. KHIN SHOHREH NIKOONEJAD ARASH KARDEVANI Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) SMEs business Rogers Model commerce adoption diffusion of innovation The current climate of business necessitates competitions that are often tough and unpredictable. All organizations, regardless their size and scope of operation, are facing severe competitive challenges. In order to cope with this phenomenon, managers are turning to e-commerce in their respective organizations. The present study hinges upon exploring and explaining the different dimensions of the adoption of e-commerce among Small and medium enterprises, based on the Five Factors of Diffusion of Innovation Model derived by Rogers. In this study, however, we employed the survey methods. A questionnaire was distributed to 1,200 managers and employees in the manufacturing, service and agricultural sectors by email; with a response rate of 10%. The results gleamed from this study posits that relative advantage is influential vis-à-vis e-commerce adoption. Trialability and Observability factors affect the level of confidence of management, which in turn, influences e-commerce adoption. Meanwhile, the existing culture of a company affects the resistance of employees, which in turn negatively effects the e-commerce adoption, while complexity does not significantly influence the e -commerce adoption. 2013 artículo científico 0001-3765 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32729375036 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=327 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências application/pdf Academia Brasileira de Ciências Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.85 |
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| spellingShingle | E-commerce adoption in Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises Practitioner Firms: A revisit on Rogers’ model MEHDI M. POORANGI Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) SMEs business Rogers Model commerce adoption diffusion of innovation E-commerce adoption in Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises Practitioner Firms: A revisit on Rogers’ model MEHDI M. POORANGI EDWARD W.S. KHIN SHOHREH NIKOONEJAD ARASH KARDEVANI Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) SMEs business Rogers Model commerce adoption diffusion of innovation The current climate of business necessitates competitions that are often tough and unpredictable. All organizations, regardless their size and scope of operation, are facing severe competitive challenges. In order to cope with this phenomenon, managers are turning to e-commerce in their respective organizations. The present study hinges upon exploring and explaining the different dimensions of the adoption of e-commerce among Small and medium enterprises, based on the Five Factors of Diffusion of Innovation Model derived by Rogers. In this study, however, we employed the survey methods. A questionnaire was distributed to 1,200 managers and employees in the manufacturing, service and agricultural sectors by email; with a response rate of 10%. The results gleamed from this study posits that relative advantage is influential vis-à-vis e-commerce adoption. Trialability and Observability factors affect the level of confidence of management, which in turn, influences e-commerce adoption. Meanwhile, the existing culture of a company affects the resistance of employees, which in turn negatively effects the e-commerce adoption, while complexity does not significantly influence the e -commerce adoption. 2013 artículo científico 0001-3765 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32729375036 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=327 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências application/pdf Academia Brasileira de Ciências Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.85 |
| title | E-commerce adoption in Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises Practitioner Firms: A revisit on Rogers’ model |
| topic | Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) SMEs business Rogers Model commerce adoption diffusion of innovation |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32729375036 |