Technology Adoption in Small Family-Owned Businesses: Accessibility, Perceived Advantage, and Information Technology Literacy

Abstract

Diffusion of innovations, Family-owned business, Information technology (IT), Technology acceptance model (TAM),

Conceptualizing Model of Factors Influencing Electronic Commerce Adoption in Iranian Family SMEs

“…The role of subjective norm had been evidently studied by prior researches in SME domain (e.g., Kula & Tatoglu, 2003;Riemenschneider et al, 2003;Sarosa & Underwood, 2005;Dawkins & Frass, 2005;Ghamatrasa, 2006;Celuch et al, 2007;Nasco et al, 2008;Abbasi et al, 2010;Hajiha, et al, 2010). However, regarding to the significant differences in case of CEO's perception of internal and/or external expectation (pressure) in family SMEs caused by their unique characteristics, such as networking intensity, dependency, conservativeness and altruism, the role of subjective norm in such district SMEs, as recently considered by a study of Niehm et al (2010) needs more investigation. Therefore, the following proposition is presented:…”

“…Compatibility Thong (1999), Karahanna et al,(1999), Beatty et al, (2001), Mirchandani and Motwani (2001), Kendall et al, (2001), Wu and Sawy (2003), Ching and Ellis (2004), Teo and Ranganathan (2004), Grandon and Pearson (2004) , Al-Qirim (2005), Wu and Wu (2005), Jeon et al,(2006), Huy and Filiatrault (2006), Chong (2006), Sparling et al, (2007), Al-Qirim (2007), Afzal (2008), Sameni and Khoshalhan (2009), Ghobakhloo et al,(2011b) Trialability Kendall et al, (2001), Wu and Sawy (2003), Zhang and Huang (2004), Wu and Wu (2005), Chong (2006), Sameni and Khoshalhan (2009) Observability Karahanna et al, (1999) Harrison D. et al, (1997), Venkatesh and Davis(2000), McKinney (2001-2002), Kula and Tatoglu (2003), Riemenschneider et al, (2003), Sarosa and Underwood (2005), Dawkins and Frass (2005), Ghamatrasa (2006), Celuch et al, (2007), Nasco et al, (2008), Abbasi et al,(2010), Niehm et al, (2010), HAJIHA, et al, (2010 www.ccsenet.org/ass Asian Social Science Vol. 11, No.…”

Unpacking Coordination Benefits in Supply Networks: Findings from Manufacturing SMEs

“…These collaborationoriented IT artifacts include wikis, blogs, and other technologies collectively labeled Enterprise 2.0 (McAfee 2009). Further, SMEs are less likely to invest in IT than larger companies (Niehm et al 2010). This is because SMEs lack not only financial resources to invest in IT but also technical expertise that would allow them to keep up with the fast-changing technology landscape (Niehm et al 2010).…”

Empirical research on Innovation in Family Business: literature review and proposal of an integrative framework

“…Based on the described existing evidence, we will explain below the main research lines on the topic that has been identified and proposed. (Cassia et al, 2012;Donckels & Fröhlich, 1991); survival or long-term corporate orientation (Bergfeld & Weber, 2011;Cassia et al, 2011;Cassia et al, 2012;Westhead, 1997); reputation (Westhead, 1997); transgenerational value (Cassia et al, 2011;Chirico & Nordqvist, 2010;; paternalism (Chirico & Nordqvist, 2010); corporate social responsibility (Wagner, 2010); willingness to change Weismeier-Sammer, 2011) -Service-dominant focus (Dibrell & Moeller, 2011) -Stewardship culture (Dibrell & Moeller, 2011) Resource allocation -Debt in RandD financing (Czarnitzki & Kraft, 2009) -External financing Long-term financial orientation (Westhead, 1997) -Financial slack (Grundström et al, 2012;Kim et al, 2008 (Niehm et al, 2010) -Management control systems (Duréndez et al, 2011;Kraus et al, 2012) -Management structures (Kraus et al, 2012) -Size effect (Craig & Dibrell, 2006;Czarnitzki & Kraft, 2004;Duréndez et al, 2011;Galve-Górriz & Salas-Fumás, 2011) -Types of customers (Gudmundson et al, 2003) (Duréndez et al, 2011) -Innovativeness (Casillas & Moreno, 2010;Cassia et al, 2012;Duréndez et al, 2011;Naldi et al, 2007;Short et al, 2009;Zellweger &am...…”

“…In this line of thought, seven existing and emergent main research lines were identified: direct effect of family involvement on managerial levers (Research Line 1, RL1), direct effect of family involvement on business processes (RL2), direct influence of family involvement on both dimensions of innovation: innovation as an outcome (RL3) and innovation as a process (RL4), and, finally, moderating effect of family involvement on the relations between determinants (RL5), between determinants and dimensions (RL6), and between dimensions of innovation (RL7). (Cruz & Nordqvist, 2010;Weismeier-Sammer, 2011) -Type/size of community (Niehm et al, 2010) FIGuRe 6 -Environment…”