The Role of Technology, Government, Law, And Social Trust on E-Commerce Adoption

IF 3 4区管理学 Q1 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Journal of Global Information Technology Management Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI:10.1080/1097198X.2022.2094183

Mohammad I. Merhi

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This research explores critical factors impacting e-commerce adoption at the country-level. Due to the steady growth in e-commerce trade volumes in recent years, governments of many countries are focused on improving their share in the overall global trade. Therefore, it is crucial to examine the important drivers of e-commerce adoption at a country level rather than just individual and organizational levels. In addition to social trust, the model presented includes technological, governmental, and cultural factors as antecedents of the e-commerce adoption. Secondary data from seventy countries are collected to empirically evaluate the hypotheses presented among the factors of the research model. The hypotheses are assessed using PLS analytical procedures. We found that connectivity and technological efficacy directly influence e-commerce. We also found that legal environment and connectivity impact social trust which in its turn affects uncertainty avoidance. Our results are very important for decision makers. According to the results of our study, policy makers need to consider their country’s institutional, technological, and cultural environments. We discuss the implications of our results for researchers and practitioners.

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技术、政府、法律和社会信任在电子商务采用中的作用

本研究探讨了影响国家层面电子商务采用的关键因素。由于近年来电子商务贸易量的稳步增长，许多国家的政府都致力于提高其在全球整体贸易中的份额。因此，在国家层面而不仅仅是个人和组织层面研究电子商务采用的重要驱动因素是至关重要的。除了社会信任之外，该模型还包括技术、政府和文化因素作为电子商务采用的先决条件。本文收集了来自70个国家的二手数据，对研究模型中各因素之间提出的假设进行了实证评估。使用PLS分析程序评估假设。我们发现连通性和技术效能直接影响电子商务。我们还发现，法律环境和连通性影响社会信任，而社会信任又影响不确定性规避。我们的研究结果对决策者来说非常重要。根据我们的研究结果，政策制定者需要考虑他们国家的制度、技术和文化环境。我们讨论了我们的结果对研究人员和从业者的影响。

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Journal of Global Information Technology Management INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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4.10

自引率

10.00%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM) is a refereed international journal that is supported by Global IT scholars from all over the world. JGITM publishes articles related to all aspects of the application of information technology for international business. The journal also considers a variety of methodological approaches and encourages manuscript submissions from authors all over the world, both from academia and industry. In addition, the journal will also include reviews of MIS books that have bearing on global aspects. Practitioner input will be specifically solicited from time-to-time in the form of invited columns or interviews. Besides quality work, at a minimum each submitted article should have the following three components: an MIS (Management Information Systems) topic, an international orientation (e.g., cross cultural studies or strong international implications), and evidence (e.g., survey data, case studies, secondary data, etc.). Articles in the Journal of Global Information Technology Management include, but are not limited to: -Cross-cultural IS studies -Frameworks/models for global information systems (GIS) -Development, evaluation and management of GIS -Information Resource Management -Electronic Commerce -Privacy & Security -Societal impacts of IT in developing countries -IT and Economic Development -IT Diffusion in developing countries -IT in Health Care -IT human resource issues -DSS/EIS/ES in international settings -Organizational and management structures for GIS -Transborder data flow issues -Supply Chain Management -Distributed global databases and networks -Cultural and societal impacts -Comparative studies of nations -Applications and case studies