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Publication date: 2 February 2015

Sabah Abdullah Al-Somali, Roya Gholami and Ben Clegg

The purpose of this paper is to construct a new e-commerce innovation and adoption model that takes into account various stages of e-commerce adoption (interactive…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to construct a new e-commerce innovation and adoption model that takes into account various stages of e-commerce adoption (interactive, non-interactive and stabilised) and covers technological, organisational and environmental factors. This was tested using data collected from manufacturing and service companies in Saudi Arabia (SA) to reveal inhibitors and catalysts for e-commerce adoption.

Design/methodology/approach

This study uses new data from surveys from 202 companies and then uses exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modelling for analyses.

Findings

This study shows that the new stage-oriented model (SOM) is valid and can reveal specific detailed nuances of e-commerce adoption within a particular setting. Surprising results show that SA is not so very different to developed western countries in respect to e-commerce adoption. However there are some important differences which are discussed in detail.

Research limitations/implications

A new SOM for e-commerce adoption is provided which may be used by other IS adoption researchers.

Practical implications

Managers responsible for the adoption of e-commerce in SA, the Middle East and beyond can learn from these findings to speed up adoption rates and make e-commerce more effective.

Social implications

This work may help spread e-commerce use throughout SA, the Middle East and to other developing nations.

Originality/value

The results add to the extremely limited number of empirical studies that has been conducted to investigate e-commerce adoption in the context of Arabic countries.

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Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, vol. 26 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1741-038X

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Publication date: 23 October 2009

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Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, vol. 20 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1741-038X

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