Abstract
Hundreds of articles on e-business adoption were published from 2006 to 2010. What are the primary and new messages they convey? Going forward, an answer to this question is necessary and valuable to facilitate systematic advances in e-business adoption research. As a way to bring sense to this complicated landscape, this paper analyzes what has been accomplished. The resultant profile gives, not only a unifying picture of the past, but a guiding structure within which future e-business adoption research can be framed and positioned. Simultaneously, it points out some changes and deficiencies in e-business adoption research. We reveal that e-business adoption research is a multidisciplinary issue. Particularly, e-business adoption in organizations is moving toward an advanced stage in the evolution continuum. However, little research has been done regarding the adoption of online supply chain integration and of specialized online technologies. Finally, we identify some future research avenues and offer a research agenda.
Recommended Citation
Chen, Liang and Holsapple, Clyde, "E-Business Adoption Research: Analysis and Structure" (2012). AMCIS 2012 Proceedings. 21.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2012/proceedings/EBusiness/21
E-Business Adoption Research: Analysis and Structure
Hundreds of articles on e-business adoption were published from 2006 to 2010. What are the primary and new messages they convey? Going forward, an answer to this question is necessary and valuable to facilitate systematic advances in e-business adoption research. As a way to bring sense to this complicated landscape, this paper analyzes what has been accomplished. The resultant profile gives, not only a unifying picture of the past, but a guiding structure within which future e-business adoption research can be framed and positioned. Simultaneously, it points out some changes and deficiencies in e-business adoption research. We reveal that e-business adoption research is a multidisciplinary issue. Particularly, e-business adoption in organizations is moving toward an advanced stage in the evolution continuum. However, little research has been done regarding the adoption of online supply chain integration and of specialized online technologies. Finally, we identify some future research avenues and offer a research agenda.