ICT Usage Behaviours by SMEs in Varying Operational Environments: A Nigerian Case Study

Rufai, Ibrahim

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-75894-3_15

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“…Mid-level variables: Economic (Y1) (Chen et al ., 2021; Sadiq et al ., 2022)Social (Y2) (Rufai, 2022; Vlachos et al ., 2021)Legal (Y3) (Babajide et al ., 2021; Chawla and Kumar 2022)Technological (Y4) (Belik et al ., 2019; Chen et al ., 2022; Temel and Durst, 2020)Political (Y5) (Feng and Yu, 2021; Kochergina and Ryaboshapka, 2023)…”

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“…Business operations (X)(Akpan et al, 2020;Chen et al, 2022;Paul et al, 2021) Mid-level variables: Economic (Y1)(Chen et al, 2021;Sadiq et al, 2022) Social (Y2)(Rufai, 2022;Vlachos et al, 2021) Legal (Y3)(Babajide et al, 2021;Chawla and Kumar 2022) Technological (Y4)(Belik et al, 2019;Chen et al, 2022;Temel and Durst, 2020) Political (Y5)(Feng and Yu, 2021;Kochergina and Ryaboshapka, 2023) and beliefs (Z5) Health safety (Z6) Attitudes toward green or ecological products (Z7)…”

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Predicting factors affecting business operations during pandemic COVID-19

Hussain

2023

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PurposeThe global COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly overwhelmed our societies, shocked the global economy and disturbed normal business operations. While such impacts of COVID-19 are becoming clearer, the effects of the disease on business operations are more common. This study mainly focuses on identifying the factors that affect the smooth operation of businesses during a pandemic situation.Design/methodology/approachAnalytical hierarchy process (AHP) method was used to rate the result index. A total of 40 professionals and experts of different businesses were listed on stock exchanges, and asked to rank the key variables with relative indices and weighting methods.FindingsThe results of the AHP successfully assigned weighting scores to all key important factors during the COVID-19 pandemic situation that businesses should focus on, with economic factors receiving the highest score of 60%. Likewise, the other factors that impact values for business operations are reported as social (22%), legal (12.2%), technological (5.16%) and political (0.57%). The results of this study also match with the current policies adopted by different government and nongovernment agencies like the guidelines of the World Health Organization and some most recent research results.Originality/valueIn the hectic and growing environment under COVID-19 pandemic, more contributions are not enough, and it is helpful for the whole business industry and society by stipulating more views. This study aims to overview the global impacts and challenges of COVID-19 pandemic on business operations.

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