Determinant Factors Influencing the Adoption of Blockchain Across SMEs in South Africa

2021 15th International Conference on Advanced Technologies, Systems and Services in Telecommunications (TELSIKS) Pub Date : 2021-10-20 DOI:10.1109/TELSIKS52058.2021.9606343

Katiso Molati, Appolonia Ifeanyi Ilorah, Michael Nthabiseng Moeti

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The adoption of blockchain necessitates the attention of a wide range of elements, much beyond the primarily technological focus of most present investigations. The present inquiries do not provide appropriate models as to how SMEs ought to go about blockchain adoption. Thus, this research study sort to investigate the key factors that drive blockchain adoption and propose a research model that could be used to inform blockchain adoption by SMEs in the context of South Africa. Drawing on the innovation diffusion theory and technological, organizational and environmental factors a model was proposed. Quantitative study was carried out; survey data was collected from 167 SMEs. SPSS was used to analyze the collected data and AMOS to fit the model. The results revealed that organizational readiness, trading partner pressure, perceived benefits, complexity, top management support, and compatibility could significantly influence the adoption of blockchain. However, in the South African context, competitive pressure and government regulations & support were found to be insignificant.

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影响南非中小企业采用区块链的决定因素

采用区块链需要注意范围广泛的因素，远远超出目前大多数调查的主要技术焦点。目前的调查并没有为中小企业应该如何采用区块链提供合适的模型。因此，本研究旨在调查推动区块链采用的关键因素，并提出一个研究模型，可用于为南非中小企业采用区块链提供信息。利用创新扩散理论，结合技术、组织和环境因素，提出了创新扩散模型。进行了定量研究;调查数据收集自167家中小企业。采用SPSS软件对收集的数据进行分析，并用AMOS软件对模型进行拟合。结果显示，组织准备程度、贸易伙伴压力、感知利益、复杂性、高层管理支持和兼容性可以显著影响区块链的采用。然而，在南非的背景下，竞争压力和政府法规和支持被发现是微不足道的。

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