Perception of Barriers to E-Commerce Adoption in SMEs in a Developed and Developing Country: A Comparison Between Australia and Indonesia

Robert C. MacGregor and Mira Kartiwi
Additional contact information
Robert C. MacGregor: University of Wollongong, Australia
Mira Kartiwi: University of Wollongong, Australia

Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO), 2010, vol. 8, issue 1, 61-82

Abstract: Despite the proven potential of e-commerce in the small business sector, studies have shown that larger businesses have reaped the benefits, with SME adoption remaining relatively low by comparison. This slow growth of e-commerce adoption in SMEs has been attributed to various adoption barriers that are faced by small business owners/managers. These barriers have been well documented in numerous research studies. While these studies have gone some ways to determine the nature and role of barriers to e-commerce adoption, there is a suggestion that as most have been conducted in developed economies, their value for developing economies remains in question. This article compares the perception of barriers to e-commerce adoption in a developed and a developing economy. Two hundred forty-seven non-adopters in Australia are compared to 96 non-adopters in Indonesia. The data shows that the perception of importance of barriers to e-commerce adoption differs across the two locations.

Date: 2010
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (10)

Downloads: (external link)
http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve. ... 4018/jeco.2010103004 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:igg:jeco00:v:8:y:2010:i:1:p:61-82

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO) is currently edited by Pedro Isaías

More articles in Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO) from IGI Global
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Journal Editor ().