Title :
E-business Adoption and the Use of Strategies in Small and Medium Enterprises: Suggestions for the Progression of SMEs´ E-adoption
Author :
Meckel, Matthias ; Walters, David ; Musa, Ahmed
Author_Institution :
Lancashire Bus. Sch., Univ. of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents a classification of SMEs according to their level of e-adoption and their use of formal strategies and e-business strategies. The five distinct groups established in this classification are described and suggestions for the progression of SMEs e-adoption are given.
Keywords :
electronic commerce; small-to-medium enterprises; SME e-adoption; e-business adoption; e-business strategies; formal strategies; small-and-medium enterprises; Companies; Databases; Europe; Lead; Registers; Web sites; classification; e-business; medium enterprises; small; strategy;
Conference_Titel :
Business Computing and Global Informatization (BCGIN), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0788-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4464-9
DOI :
10.1109/BCGIn.2011.150
