EDI success in small and medium-sized enterprises: a field study
Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce
Adoption of portable offices: an exploratory analysis
Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce - Special issue on telework
Adoption and implementation of electronic data interchange
Information systems innovation and diffusion
Electronic commerce: a managerial perspective
Electronic commerce: a managerial perspective
Measuring the impact of information systems on organizational behavior
Journal of End User Computing - Special issue on human-centered research and practice
The Internet and the future of financial markets
Communications of the ACM
A literature review and classification of electronic commerce research
Information and Management
The Illusory Diffusion of Innovation: An Examination of Assimilation Gaps
Information Systems Research
Research Report: Empirical Test of an EDI Adoption Model
Information Systems Research
Key dimensions of facilitators and inhibitors for the strategic use of information technology
Journal of Management Information Systems
A longitudinal study of expectations in small business internet commerce
International Journal of Electronic Commerce - Special issue: Developing the business components of the digital economy
Dynamic modeling to assess the business value of electronic commerce
International Journal of Electronic Commerce - Special issue: Developing the business components of the digital economy
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
A firm-level framework for planning electronic commerce information systems infrastructure
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Critical failure factors that discourage the growth of electronic commerce
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Reintermediation strategies in business-to-business electronic commerce
International Journal of Electronic Commerce - Special issue: Electronic intermediaries and networks in business-to-business electronic commerce
Information systems orientation and business use of the internet: an empirical study
International Journal of Electronic Commerce - Special issue: Electronic intermediaries and networks in business-to-business electronic commerce
Acceptance of e-commerce services: the case of electronic brokerages
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans
Guidelines for the Successful Adoption of Information Technology in Small and Medium Enterprises
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Electronic Commerce and the Internet: Issues, Problems, and Perspectives
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
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This research examines the adoption of e-commerce technology (namely, order-execution online trading technology) by six small brokerage firms at various stages in the evaluation and adoption processes. The study is informed by innovation theory and prior research, and seeks to identify the key factors influencing the adoption process. Consistent with innovation theory, the case findings suggest that three classes of factors influence adoption: innovation factors, factors, organizational factors and environmental factors. The key factors within each of these classes were identified as compatibility and perceived benefits (innovation factors); IT sophistication, internal and external IT support and management support (organizational factors); and pressure from e-commerce-able competitors and clients (environmental factors). Of these variables, compatibility and perceived benefits were found to be the most significant in impacting e-commerce adoption.