SME e-procurement adoption in Hong Kong - the roles of power, trust and value

Author

Chan, Joyce K Y ; Lee, Mattew K O

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Syst., City Univ. of Hong Kong, China

fYear

2003

fDate

6-9 Jan. 2003

Abstract

The objective of this research is to test a model of electronic procurement (e-procurement) adoption behavior by small- to medium-sized enterprises (SME). We investigate the phenomenon from the perspective of buyer-seller relationship and argue that, value of e-procurement adoption, trust on supplier, trust on IT, power of e-procurement and power of suppliers are factors leading to SME´s adoption behavior. Research findings from the four case studies provide some evidence that the former four factors have significant effect on SME´s e-procurement adoption behavior when the last one does not. This study contributes to a better understanding of how and why SME in Hong Kong employ e-procurement using a snapshot approach. Practical and theoretical implications are also provided.

Keywords

electronic commerce; procurement; small-to-medium enterprises; SME e-procurement; buyer-seller relationship; electronic commerce; electronic procurement; small-to-medium enterprises; Business; Consumer electronics; Costs; Electronic commerce; Electronic equipment testing; Information systems; Power supplies; Power system modeling; Procurement; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1874-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174388

Filename

1174388