An empirical investigation of business‐to‐business e‐commerce adoption and its impact on SMEs competitive advantage: The case of Egyptian manufacturing SMEs

Haseba Hamad, Ibrahim M. Elbeltagi, Hatem Osman El-Gohary

2018-05-01articleStrategic Change122 citationsclosed

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Technology Adoption and User Behaviour ERP Systems Implementation and Impact E-commerce and Technology Innovations

Abstract

Business‐to‐business (B2B) e‐commerce adoption by Egyptian manufacturing SMEs is an important tool to gain competitive advantage. It is important to understand the levels of B2B e‐commerce adoption among Egyptian manufacturing SMEs and the different factors that influence each level of such adoption. The Technology–Organization–Environment framework factors have a significant impact on the different levels of B2B e‐commerce adoption by Egyptian manufacturing SMEs. Technology–Organization–Environment framework factors have an indirect impact on Egyptian manufacturing SMEs competitive advantage.

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