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Collective Action, Competitiveness and E-Business Technologies

In: SMEs and New Technologies

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  • Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka

    (Centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT))

  • Kaushalesh Lal

    (Centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT))

Abstract

This chapter discusses four important factors identified in our study that tend to be closely associated with the adoption of e-business: the potential business activities in which e-business technologies can be adopted, the availability of reliable and affordable ICT infrastructure, the potential gains expected from e-business and the impediments associated with e-business in a developing context. It is difficult to cover all these aspects in one study; we therefore focus on a limited number of objectives in this chapter, which are: factors that discriminate advanced users of e-business technologies from others; the impact that the perception of management has on the adoption of new technologies; impact of the competitive environment on the diffusion of e-business technologies; the role of the institutional environment in the growth of e-business; and the role of collective actions in the diffusion of e-business technologies.

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  • Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka & Kaushalesh Lal, 2006. "Collective Action, Competitiveness and E-Business Technologies," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: SMEs and New Technologies, chapter 7, pages 136-160, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62545-7_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230625457_7
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