{"title":"Factors affecting SMEs adoption decision of B2B e-marketplace: A case study in China","authors":"Chunjuan Zhai, Hui Liu","doi":"10.1109/ICSSSM.2013.6602643","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) adoption decision of B2B e-marketplace in China. The purpose is to identify the factors driving or hindering SMEs to adopt B2B e-marketplace. First, based on Rogers's innovation diffusion theory (IDT), eReadiness Model and TOE (technology-organization-environment) framework, theoretical model is formulated and ten key factors are identified. Then, a case study is presented. The top manager of four SMEs (two of them have adopted B2B e-marketplace and two of them have not adopted B2B e-marketplace) located in China are interviewed, for the purpose of find out the influence factors they considered when they make a decision of adopting B2B e-marketplace or not. Finally, the result and conclusions are presented.","PeriodicalId":354195,"journal":{"name":"2013 10th International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"11","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 10th International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSSSM.2013.6602643","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper focuses on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) adoption decision of B2B e-marketplace in China. The purpose is to identify the factors driving or hindering SMEs to adopt B2B e-marketplace. First, based on Rogers's innovation diffusion theory (IDT), eReadiness Model and TOE (technology-organization-environment) framework, theoretical model is formulated and ten key factors are identified. Then, a case study is presented. The top manager of four SMEs (two of them have adopted B2B e-marketplace and two of them have not adopted B2B e-marketplace) located in China are interviewed, for the purpose of find out the influence factors they considered when they make a decision of adopting B2B e-marketplace or not. Finally, the result and conclusions are presented.