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Internet adoption by rapidly internationalising SMEs: a further challenge to staged e-adoption models

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  • Sharon Loane
  • Jim Bell
  • Kenneth R. Deans

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There has been considerable recent interest in the literature on the impact of the internet on the internationalisation processes of SMEs. This contribution reports the findings of a four-country study on how internationalising Australian, Canadian, Irish and New Zealand firms utilise the internet. The findings suggest that SMEs in all countries use it extensively for communication purposes and make fairly widespread use of the internet for business processes, marketing and product development purposes, competitor analysis and market intelligence gathering. However, low usage is found in terms of online transactions and supply chain management. From these results, the authors conclude that many rapidly internationalising SMEs do not follow 'stages' of internet adoption suggested by many of the extant e-adoption models.

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  • Sharon Loane & Jim Bell & Kenneth R. Deans, 2007. "Internet adoption by rapidly internationalising SMEs: a further challenge to staged e-adoption models," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(3), pages 277-290.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:4:y:2007:i:3:p:277-290
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    1. Morais, Flávio & Ferreira, João J., 2020. "SME internationalisation process: Key issues and contributions, existing gaps and the future research agenda," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 62-77.
    2. Silvia R. Sedita & Fiorenza Belussi & Gianluca Fiscato, 2011. "What lies beneath the internationalization of firms in a regional innovation system?," "Marco Fanno" Working Papers 0132, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno".

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