Abstract
Although the adoption of e-commerce is widely studied in the industrialized world, only a small number of these studies focus on developing countries. An even smaller fraction of these studies focus on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which account for a high percent of the economy generated in developing countries. In this study, managers/owners of SMEs in Chile identified variables that differentiate between adopters and non-adopters of e-commerce. The analysis suggests that Chilean managers/owners most receptive to adopting e-commerce possess the financial and technological resources to implement it, see e-commerce as increasing managerial productivity and supporting strategic decisions, feel external pressure to put e-commerce into operation, perceive e-commerce as compatible with preferred work practices and existing technology infrastructure, and perceive e-commerce as useful for their firms.
DOI
10.17705/1CAIS.01308
Recommended Citation
Grandon, E., & Pearson, J. (2004). E-Commerce Adoption:Perceptions of Managers/Owners of Small and Medium Sized Firms in Chile. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 13, pp-pp. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.01308
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