Open AccessE-Business, SMEs and Risks: Towards a Research Agenda
Author(s) -
Arun Chennakrishnan Sukumar,
David Edgar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of management innovation systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1943-1384
DOI - 10.5296/ijmis.v1i2.113
Subject(s) - business , business risks , outsourcing , risk management , public relations , stakeholder , phenomenon , theme (computing) , marketing , knowledge management , political science , finance , risk analysis (engineering) , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system
Electronic business is a phenomenon that is becoming more widely researched and better understood. However, an extensive literature review has reviled limited understanding of the nature of e-business risk in organisations, and in particular in small to medium size organisations (SMEs). This paper explores the perceptions of five different stakeholder group respondents from across a range of SME organisations and members of e-business clubs. The results are intended to set an agenda for research into e-business risk and highlight that key themes revolve around strategic risk, customer risk, branding risk, security threats, legal and tax risks, leadership risks, outsourcing and dependency risk and technology risk. These themes are modelled to highlight theme dependencies and to assist in setting the research agenda.