Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory identifies characteristics of the innovation and organisation as the two major sources of influence on innovative behaviour. However, the external environment represents a major potential source of influential factors on e-business adoption because e-business is naturally affected by corresponding internet activity. This exploratory study, with DOI a...

•Rapid and radical technological developments in computers, telecommunication, and information sciences, particularly the explosive growth in the diffusion and impact of the Internet and intranets; •Globalization of business, including increased international competition and the emergence of regional and global customers and resource markets; •Continuing mergers, acquisitions, and strategic all...

Recognizing the need for consumer behaviour research initiatives in business-to-consumer mobile commerce (m-commerce), this paper investigates consumer attitudes and behaviours in this fast evolving business landscape. An online consumer survey was conducted in Finland, Germany and Greece and a major classification between “mobile users” and “mobile shoppers” was attempted, using as a tool the ...

Despite the substantial contribution to the software industry by small and medium enterprises purchasing software package upgrades, to date there has been minimal research on the topic. Most businesses rely on packaged software for administrative and many core business functions. The practitioner press reports that managers experience frustration due to the frequency of software upgrade release...

This paper estimates a dynamic empirical model for Japan’s business fixed investment. A multivariate cointegration analysis of Japan’s time series data over the past two decades shows that the term spread (the difference between long-term and short-term interest rates) and various diffusion indices in the Bank of Japan’s business survey tend to synchronise with fixed investment. The term spread...

A microscopic approach to macroeconomic features is intended. A model for macroeconomic behavior under heterogeneous spatial economic conditions is reviewed. A birth-death lattice gas model taking into account the influence of an economic environment on the fitness and concentration evolution of economic entities is numerically and analytically examined. The reaction-diffusion model can be also...

Environmental concerns are intricately linked to various aspects of the supply chain. Awareness of such concerns is reflected in the contemporary business environment and in government legislation. The sustainable supply chain is an emerging trend in industrial development, where it is positioned as business innovation in this research. Based on the research gap identified in a literature map, ...

Many past studies into the diffusion of business innovation in the farming community focused on factors associated with the act of adoption. This study attempts to promote the diffusion of computer-based management innovation by gaining a clearer understanding of the evolution of farm management information systems (FMIS). Characteristics of farm businesses, their FMIS, and the factors related ...

We outline a business model based analysis framework, which helps examine the intricacies and evolution of eBusiness. While the current research has mostly examined volume and scope as indicators of eBusiness evolution, we suggest that this analysis should be augmented with qualitative analysis of the evolution of eBusiness models, their implementation strategies and diffusion. The critical par...