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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"e-commerce adoption"”.
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The Institutional Environment for B2B E-commerce Adoption
… theory in organizational studies and e-commerce adoption literatures, this dissertation discusses the impact and effect of institutional environment on B2B e-commerce adoption. The institutional environment in question includes industrial, governmental, legal and national cultural …
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Investigating the factors affecting business-to-consumer e-commerce adoption in Egypt
… study investigates the key factors affecting the adoption of business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce in Egypt. This study has adopted a quantitative methodology to answer the research questions and test the proposed sixteen hypotheses. The research sample of this study included 600 Egyptian …
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Assessment of E-commerce Adoption and its Effects on Performance of Tour Operators in Arusha, Tanzania
The objective of the study was to assess the e-commerce adoption and its effect on the performance of the tour operator enterprises based in Arusha region, Tanzania. The research design adopted was a descriptive cross sectional survey. The study population comprised of all registered tour …
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Investigating E-commerce Adoption in Small and Medium-sized Tourism Enterprises: A Case of Travel Agents in Egypt
… slow adopters of technology. However, adopting e-commerce is one of many strategies taken by travel agents to re-intermediate themselves in the global travel market against the threat of disintermediation. Exploratory studies have revealed that Egyptian travel agents are laggards when it comes to …
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E-commerce diffusion in high-income developing countries: determinants of e-commerce adoption and post-adoption of Saudi enterprises
The ubiquitous nature of e-commerce in developing countries demands an innovative conceptualisation of its adoption and post-adoption that responds to various contextual circumstances. Despite efforts made to investigate e-commerce adoption in developing countries, the literature suggests that the …
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Adoption of business-to-business E-commerce in China: an empirical analysis of the Pearl River Delta economic region, the Yangtze River Delta economic region and West China
This thesis analyses e-commerce adoption by businesses in China from organisational, inter-organisational and external perspectives, taking into consideration the impact of regional differences within the nation. A comprehensive theoretical framework was created from both the Information System and …
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Antecedents of business-to-business e-commerce adoption and its effect on competitive advantage in manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises: A comparative study of United States of America and Egypt
Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce adoption has become a necessity for most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), allowing them to gain and sustain competitive advantage in a dynamic competitive environment. Accepting the fact that B2B is adopted at different levels based on different …
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What are the Factors Affecting the Adoption of Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce by Ready-Made Garments export SMEs in Bangladesh?
… to investigate the factors that affect B2B e-commerce adoption by the RMG export SMEs in the developing country context of Bangladesh. All over the world, e-commerce has considerably transformed ways of conducting business. A great deal of evidence shows, however, that SMEs in developing …
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An evaluation of the factors influencing the adoption of e-commerce in the purchasing of leisure travel by the residents of Cascais, Portugal
… of the Internet has enabled the development of e-commerce, which is defined as the process of buying and selling or exchanging products, services and information via computer networks (Turban et al, 2002). Since the early stages of the development of the Internet there were claims that travel had …
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Technology Adoption in Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC): An Empirical Study Investigating Factors that Influence Online Shopping Adoption
… of e-business. Though, reports show that the adoption rate of e-commerce in developed countries seem to be striving, a lot of developing countries still struggle with slow e-commerce adoption rate. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one these countries where e-commerce adoption is still in …
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An Investigation of the Factors Affecting Consumers’ Adoption of E-commerce: An Empirical Study of Saudi Arabia
This study identified a gap in the adoption of electronic (e)-commerce in Saudi Arabia in particular and developing countries in general and hopefully, provides some useful insight regarding e-commerce in Saudi Arabia. This study is limited to a small nation or group which makes generalization not …
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Optimal demand shaping strategies for dual-channel retailers in the face of evolving consumer behavior
… optimal demand shaping strategy, through e-commerce advertisement efforts, store service levels, and pricing, in this new environment. Our findings show that the retailer's optimal demand shaping strategy, in terms of store service levels and e-commerce advertisement effort, critically …
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DECISION FACTORS FOR THE ADOPTION OF E-FINANCE AND OTHER E-COMMERCE ACTIVITIES
The development of e-commerce relies upon consumer usage intentions, and Information Systems (IS) researchers have examined usage intentions toward various online e-commerce systems. However, these systems have been studied in prior works independently rather than comprehensively. In order to …
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An investigation into the factors that influence the intention to use E-commerce : the Jordanian business-to-business market
… majority of research in information technology adoption have utilisedone of four of the well-established theories (diffusion of innovation, theory of reasonedaction, theory of planned behaviour and technology acceptance model). Mostly thesetheories have proposed to measure attitudes toward …