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Why should small firms adopt ebusiness? A framework for understanding the SME ebusiness context

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posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00 authored by Craig ParkerCraig Parker, Tanya Castleman
eBusiness research typically questions why small firms do not adopt these powerful technologies and suggests explanatory factors for these perceived shortcomings. This paper argues against the technological expansionist view by questioning why small firms should adopt eBusiness. Specifically, it proposes a new conceptualisation showing that each small firm has different circumstances and associated business goals, and that researchers and practitioners must convince each small firm why eBusiness should be used for its goals in preference to non-technology solutions. The paper also provides some preliminary insights, based on this view, into future theoretical and empirical directions to guide researchers who conduct small firm eBusiness adoption studies.

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Pagination

497 - 507

Location

Toowoomba, Qld.

Open access

  • Yes

Start date

2007-12-05

End date

2007-12-07

ISBN-13

9780909756963

ISBN-10

0909756961

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed; E Conference publication

Copyright notice

2007, The Authors

Editor/Contributor(s)

M Toleman, A Cater-Steel, D Roberts

Title of proceedings

ACIS 2007 : Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

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