Perceived E-Readiness Factors in E-Commerce Adoption: An Empirical Investigation in a Developing Country

By A. Molla, Paul S. Licker. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 2005

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A bibliometric review of the innovation adoption literature (2018, background): “The adoption determinants related to IT adoption can be assigned to three well-established categories of variables: technology determinants; organizational determinants, and environmental determinants [141-144].”
E-Commerce Technology Adoption: A Malaysian Grocery SME Retail Sector Study (2015, background): “Additionally, those studies which assess some aspects of environmental influences (Molla & Licker, 2005; Zhu & Thatcher, 2010) have not specifically considered the industry the focal organization is part of, and environmental pressure.”
Adoption of E-Commerce Applications in SMEs (2011, methodology): “Likewise, the readiness of businesses to govern and regulate EC is an essential element, which lacks in developing countries, due to the trust necessary to conduct e-business (Molla and Licker, 2005b).”
Factors affecting e-commerce adoption among SMEs in Ghana (2016, background): “Molla and Licker (2005) argued that businesses should take advantage of e-commerce’s opportunities and expand their market reach, gain from economies of scale, become more profitable, and contribute to economic development.”
Barriers to e-commerce and competitive business models in developing countries: A case study (2007, background): “5 adoption of e-commerce in developing countries, the cognitive component plays a more prominent role [22].”