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Study on E-Commerce Adoption in SMEs Under the Institutional Perspective: The Case of Saudi Arabia

Study on E-Commerce Adoption in SMEs Under the Institutional Perspective: The Case of Saudi Arabia

Almaaf Bader Ali A, Jian-Jun Miao, Quang Dung Tran
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 10 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 20
ISSN: 1937-9633|EISSN: 1937-9641|EISBN13: 9781522543442|DOI: 10.4018/IJEA.2018010104
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Almaaf Bader Ali A, et al. "Study on E-Commerce Adoption in SMEs Under the Institutional Perspective: The Case of Saudi Arabia." IJEA vol.10, no.1 2018: pp.53-72. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEA.2018010104

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Almaaf Bader Ali A, Miao, J., & Tran, Q. D. (2018). Study on E-Commerce Adoption in SMEs Under the Institutional Perspective: The Case of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA), 10(1), 53-72. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEA.2018010104

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Almaaf Bader Ali A, Jian-Jun Miao, and Quang Dung Tran. "Study on E-Commerce Adoption in SMEs Under the Institutional Perspective: The Case of Saudi Arabia," International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA) 10, no.1: 53-72. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEA.2018010104

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Abstract

This article investigates and discusses the institutional factors influencing decisions of e-commerce adoption in Saudi small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from the temporal view. This article has been conducted in two phases: a full survey in 2013 and the follow-up targeted interviews in 2016. The analysis results demonstrated that there is a clear difference between initial e-commerce adoption and institutionalization in SMEs in terms of institutional predictors. When e-commerce was at its infant stage, governmental support and well-defined legal and regulations system were instrumental and served as mainly institutional forces to encourage firms to adopt e-commerce. As time went on and e-commerce became more business-driven, these effects become less important, even insignificant; instead of these, perceived market forces and perceived social awareness of e-commerce emerges as critical contributions to push SMEs to engage in e-commerce more sophisticatedly.