Abstract
By understanding the influence that host country antecedents characteristics may have on sustainable e-Commerce initiatives, government and private sector leaders will be more inclined to selectively mitigate those challenges and thus minimize the severity that they might otherwise have on e-Commerce programs. Many studies have shown that each country has a unique set of antecedent characteristics
that influence the acceptance or adaptation of new technologies; and in developing countries these characteristics have greater impact as countries “gear up” to participate in the global economy that is increasingly driven by e-Commerce. While it is not realistic to address each antecedent characteristic with the same rigor, they cannot be ignored. A systematic approach is therefore necessary to overcome these
challenges. This article identifies a number of antecedents and addresses two of the more significant antecedents that appear to have the greatest impact on sustaining e-Commerce initiatives. These two antecedent characteristics are: (1) the existing Information Communications Technology infrastructure, and (2) Workforce education.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Journal | International Journal of Business Research |
| Volume | 8 |
| State | Published - 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Technology adoption
- technology adaptation
- technology acceptance
- e-Commerce
- e-Readiness
- diffusion
- hard technologies
- soft technologies
Disciplines
- E-Commerce