“…(Lou, 2010, quoted in: Aboelmaged, 2014. Most of the studies examine e-readiness on the country-level (Bui, Sankaran & Sebastian, 2003;Mutula & van Brakel, 2006;Hanafizadeh et al, 2009;Seyed & Sattary, 2009), but there are also studies which test the impact of e-readiness on the firm-level (Naseebullah et al, 2011;Heeks et al 2011;Muafi et al, 2012;Aboelmaged, 2014;Gilabert et al, 2014). The authors of these studies argue that e-readiness is one of the crucial factors for improving performances and competitiveness of companies, industries, and even the whole economy.…”