Internet Diffusion in Creative Micro-Businesses: Identifying Change Agent Characteristics As Critical Success Factors

Berranger, Pascale de; Tucker, David; Jones, Laurie D.

doi:10.1207/s15327744joce1103_04

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“…This technology can be used to enhance knowledge exchange and can also be utilized as a source of providing new forms of value adding activities among the collaborative network (Benbya et al, 2004;de Berranger et al, 2004). Rapid advances in ICT-based technology has contributed to interlink the activities of companies into giant networks, make it possible to widely distributed companies to cooperate with each other through computer networks in the Internet.…”

Section: Role Of Ict/web-based Technology For Developing Collaborativmentioning

confidence: 99%

ICT-based solution approach for collaborative delivery of customised products

Shamsuzzoha

Toscano

Carneiro

et al. 2016

Production Planning & Control

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Section: Role Of Ict/web-based Technology For Developing Collaborativmentioning

confidence: 99%

ICT-based solution approach for collaborative delivery of customised products

Shamsuzzoha

Toscano

Carneiro

et al. 2016

Production Planning & Control

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“…This may be attributable to resource constraints, and/or unconvincing predicted benefits/savings arising from the investment. This is supported by (Berranger et al 2001) who found that many SMEs do not possess the full range of physical or intellectual resources with which to implement and utilize ICT to its full potential. Finally, the diffusion of ICT depends on technology type.…”

Section: The Diffusion Of Generic and Specialist Ict Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 90%

Are Scottish firms meeting the ICT challenge? Results from a National Survey of Enterprise

Haugh¹,

Robson²

2005

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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This paper examines the diffusion of Information Communication Technology (ICT) into firms in Scotland and northern England. Data concerning the adoption of micro-computers, e-mail, the Internet, ISDN, in-house website, and the automation of business functions is analysed by industry, firm size, firm age, rate of growth, export involvement, and innovation activity. The results from a sample of 1347 firms found an overall increase in the adoption of ICT in firms between 1998 and 2001. The increase is led by older and larger firms in comparison to younger and smaller firms. In addition, the diffusion of the automation of business functions was found to be sequential, from generic to specific applications. Further increases in the diffusion of ICT are likely to come from upgrading existing equipment and increases in the range of business functions that can be automated. Finally, although use of the Internet and web-based trading has increased in the sample firms, this has not replaced traditional marketing and sales. The results support the view that more firms are taking up the challenge of using ICT in-house, with older and larger firms leading the way ahead of younger and smaller firms.

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“…According to Berranger et al (2001), the major inhibitor of internet adoption among SMEs is that many SMEs do not possess the adequate physical and intellectual resources necessary to implement information and communication technologies.…”

Section: Internet Adoption By Smesmentioning

confidence: 99%