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Technology Readiness and E-Commerce Adoption among Entrepreneurs of SMEs in Bandung City, Indonesia

Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business

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Title Technology Readiness and E-Commerce Adoption among Entrepreneurs of SMEs in Bandung City, Indonesia
 
Creator Astuti, Novika Candra
Nasution, Reza Ashari
 
Description The emergence of internet-based electronic commerce offers considerable opportunities for companies to expand their customer base, enter new product markets, and rationalize their business. The Indonesian government has initiated and implemented a series of plans and activities to promote technology use to increase SMEs’ performance. Despite such efforts, technology adoption rate are still low. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors affecting an entrepreneurs’ decision on internet adoption, by measuring technology readiness (TR). The purpose of this study is to investigate TR and the extent to which E-commerce is adopted amongst entrepreneurs. This study is replication of Parasuraman’s study on the Technology Readiness Index (TRI). Questionnaires were distributed using a convenience sampling method to 190 entrepreneurs of SME in Bandung city. The findings indicate that entrepreneurs are moderate in terms of their TR. There are significant differences in terms of TR across entrepreneurs’ backgrounds (gender, age, education, and income). In relation to internet adoption by those surveyed, as their use of media promotion is still low, there were only 36.3 percent who adopted it. The results clearly indicate the need to provide support to SMEs to adopt and use e-commerce. These results have implications not only for managers of SMEs but also for government agencies in developing countries such as Indonesia. The findings have implications for researchers and practitioners by identifying TR drivers (optimism and innovativeness), and barriers (discomfort and insecurity), that contribute to effectively leveraging the Internet in an important area for SMEs.     
 
Publisher Master of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada
 
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Date 2014-02-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journal.ugm.ac.id/gamaijb/article/view/5468
10.22146/gamaijb.5468
 
Source Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business; Vol 16, No 1 (2014): January-April; 69-88
2338-7238
1411-1128
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journal.ugm.ac.id/gamaijb/article/view/5468/4443