National e-readiness: an evaluation model

E-commerce technology adoption: A Malaysian grocery SME retail sector study

“…The institutional environment sets the framework for market transactions by defining the alternative courses of action open to firms, dictating the risks and payoffs for different activities, and specifying the conditions under which firms hold legitimacy (Spencer and Gomez, 2004). Furthermore, the institutional environment of a country has been found to affect the adoption of EC in a number of studies (Feghali and Sahyoun, 2009;Gibbs and Kraemer, 2004;Zhu and Thatcher, 2010). NIP incorporates two aspects: regulatory institutions (RI) and cognitive institutions (CI).…”

“…Both dimensions of NIP are relevant to this study for explaining the influence of government policy, legal environment, infrastructure and human capacity for innovation on the adoption of EC in Malaysia. This is because several studies (Boyer-Wright and Kottemann, 2009;Feghali and Sahyoun, 2009;Zhu and Thatcher, 2010) report how a number of factors at a national level have influenced EC adoption, but due to the nature of SMEs and time restrictions for the proprietors of SMEs in Malaysia, fewer results are obtained to provide further understanding or development of a national perspective. Therefore, fewer combined national level frameworks exist.…”

“…Furthermore, most existing studies assess the effect of a number of factors related to technology and/or organization on the adoption (Alam et al, 2011;Hussain and Noor, 2005;Cloete and Courtney, 2002). Few studies assess factors related to the national environment (Feghali et al, 2009;Wong, 2003;Zhu et al, 2003;Zhu and Thatcher, 2010) but without simultaneously considering technological and organizational factors. Additionally, those studies which assess some aspects of environmental influences (Molla and Licker, 2005; Thatcher, 2010) have not specifically considered the industry the focal organization is part of, and environmental pressure.…”

“…NIP suggests the prevalence of entrepreneurial activities associated with specific dimensions of a country's institutional environments (Spencer and Gomez, 2004). As SMEs represent a part of an industry sector within a country (Damanpour, 1991), there are important influences from the industry and the country levels on their adoption decision regarding EC technologies (Feghali et al, 2009;Zhu and Thatcher, 2010) which should be considered alongside organizational factors influencing the adoption. Government policy, legal framework, physical infrastructures, economic condition and human capacity are examples of possible influences at industry and country levels (Boyer-Wright and Kottemann, 2009;Feghali et al, 2009;Molla and Licker, 2005;Zhu and Thatcher, 2010).…”

Industrial migration and its impact on an 'Internet+' economy: evidence from core cities in the Diamond Economic Circle

“…Wang et al (2011) established an e-readiness assessment model to evaluate Wuhan's e-commerce development level. Feghali et al (2009) also proposes an evaluation model by which to measure national e-readiness. Oliveira and Dhillon (2015) put forward the technology, organisation, and environment framework, and assess e-commerce adoption and reutilisation across Europe.…”