Title :
Factors affecting IT adoption: the case of a Chinese retail company
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Chinese retail companies are facing fierce competition because of entry of WTO. Information technologies can reinforce the competitive ability for retail companies. This study tries to find out state of IT adoption and factors that affect IT adoption in Chinese retail companies. All the factors that greatly influence the IT adoption in retail companies were listed. A big Chinese retail company´s IT adoption was studied as a case. Some special factors are given out that may be helpful for IT adoption of Chinese retail companies.
Keywords :
information technology; retailing; Chinese retail company; IT adoption; Information technology; WTO; technology-organization-environment framework; Computer aided software engineering; Context modeling; Design methodology; Government; Information systems; Information technology; Size measurement; Solids; Technological innovation; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Services Systems and Services Management, 2005. Proceedings of ICSSSM '05. 2005 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8971-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICSSSM.2005.1500241
