Benefits of e-commerce adoption in Zanzibar

Several studies have been conducted on E-commerce adoption but not yet in the case of Zanzibar. The objectives of this study are to identify factors of E-Commerce adoption and to develop a framework of E-commerce adoption in the case of Zanzibar. The study uses several variables in the form of Barri...

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spelling my-utm-ep.483642017-08-08T06:30:21Z Benefits of e-commerce adoption in Zanzibar 2014 Omar, Fuady Rashid HD Industries. Land use. Labor Several studies have been conducted on E-commerce adoption but not yet in the case of Zanzibar. The objectives of this study are to identify factors of E-Commerce adoption and to develop a framework of E-commerce adoption in the case of Zanzibar. The study uses several variables in the form of Barriers, Top Management support, Education and Awareness, Business type, Role of Government, Buyer/supplier pressure and Technology support within Technological Organization and Environment (TOE) framework to assess E-commerce adoption behavior. A questionnaire based survey was conducted to collect data from 62 respondents in Zanzibar Town, the data were analyzed and seven hypotheses were tested. The hypothesis testing indicates that Barriers of E-commerce, Educational and Awareness, Top Management support and Technological support infrastructure have significant effect on E-commerce adoption. The finding will be useful for Government, Business Association and other who can utilize the proposed framework for a successful E-commerce adoption. 2014 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48364/ masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computing Faculty of Computing
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic HD Industries
Land use
Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries
Land use
Labor
Omar, Fuady Rashid
Benefits of e-commerce adoption in Zanzibar
description Several studies have been conducted on E-commerce adoption but not yet in the case of Zanzibar. The objectives of this study are to identify factors of E-Commerce adoption and to develop a framework of E-commerce adoption in the case of Zanzibar. The study uses several variables in the form of Barriers, Top Management support, Education and Awareness, Business type, Role of Government, Buyer/supplier pressure and Technology support within Technological Organization and Environment (TOE) framework to assess E-commerce adoption behavior. A questionnaire based survey was conducted to collect data from 62 respondents in Zanzibar Town, the data were analyzed and seven hypotheses were tested. The hypothesis testing indicates that Barriers of E-commerce, Educational and Awareness, Top Management support and Technological support infrastructure have significant effect on E-commerce adoption. The finding will be useful for Government, Business Association and other who can utilize the proposed framework for a successful E-commerce adoption.
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author Omar, Fuady Rashid
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title Benefits of e-commerce adoption in Zanzibar
title_short Benefits of e-commerce adoption in Zanzibar
title_full Benefits of e-commerce adoption in Zanzibar
title_fullStr Benefits of e-commerce adoption in Zanzibar
title_full_unstemmed Benefits of e-commerce adoption in Zanzibar
title_sort benefits of e-commerce adoption in zanzibar
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computing
granting_department Faculty of Computing
publishDate 2014
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