The moderating effect of the business strategic orientation on eCommerce adoption: Evidence from UK family run SMEs

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-30

  Wang, Yong ^a   Ahmed, Pervaiz K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

eCommerce adoption; Family business; Moderating effect; Strategic orientation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; SURVEYS;

ADOPTION DECISIONS; ADOPTION PROCESS; ECOMMERCE ADOPTION; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; FAMILY BUSINESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MODERATING EFFECT; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 61849103526     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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