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A Preliminary Investigation of Electronic Data Interchange Adoption in Bruneian Small Business Organizations
Author(s) -
Seyal Afzaal H.,
Rahim Md. Mahbubur
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the electronic journal of information systems in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1681-4835
DOI - 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2006.tb00159.x
Subject(s) - business , government (linguistics) , key (lock) , knowledge management , marketing , survey data collection , structural equation modeling , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , computer security , mathematics , machine learning
This first study conducted in Brunei investigates the 84 small and medium enterprises by using a survey approach to find out the key factors that are determinants to EDI adoption. Based upon the existing model, the study uses seven factors grouped into three categories, namely organizational, external and economic factors. The findings indicate that hypotheses related to perceived direct benefits and perceived cost are supported. However, the study could not find support for perceived indirect benefits. All other factors such as: IT knowledge, government support, top management support and trading partner influence remain insignificant. Based upon these findings, recommendations are provided.