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Title:
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A BEHAVIORAL STUDY OF THE UK AND MALAYSIAN TECHNOLOGY BASED ENTREPRENEURS TOWARDS E-BUSINESS ADOPTION |
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Author(s):
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Khalid Hafeez , Kay Hooi (alan) Keoy , Jawed Siddiqi |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-23-2 |
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Editors:
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Sandeep Krishnamurthy and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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e-business adoption, drivers, inhibitors |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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3 |
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Last Page:
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10 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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It is vital for an organisation to identify the potential drivers and inhibitors in order to minimise the risk and maximise the benefits of any e-business initiative. This paper examines these issues across multiples industry sectors in the context e-business adoption in developed and developing countries. A comparative analysis using percentage mean score is used to investigate the key drivers and inhibitors for adopting e-business technology across multiple organisations. A questionnaire was implemented using 5 point Likert Scale quantitative technique and 351 firms from United Kingdom and Malaysia were collected. The results from this study provide useful guidelines for companies to assess their strengths and weaknesses towards adopting Internet technology. Results showed that the motivation of adoption of e-business in Malaysia is predominantly to expand their customer base by exploring new marketing channels, or to create competition for the traditional channels. It can be deduced that industries that have most exposure to international competition have greater e-business diffusion, and because of this exposure, the UK and Malaysian manufacturing firms are inline with the global standard for e-business adoption. The domestic market-oriented retailing and financial sectors lag far behind the rest of the world in terms of Internet applications. |
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