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Independent or Freelance Mobile Application Development in Ghana: Unraveling Opportunities and Challenges

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12353

Eric Ansong, Nii Barnor Jonathan Barnor, Sheena Lovia Boateng

{"title":"Independent or Freelance Mobile Application Development in Ghana: Unraveling Opportunities and Challenges","authors":"Eric Ansong, Nii Barnor Jonathan Barnor, Sheena Lovia Boateng","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12353","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 The purpose of this study was to unravel the opportunities and challenges encountered by independent or freelance mobile application (App) developers in Ghana. The study employed a qualitative approach by organizing a focus group discussion among eight freelance mobile application developers and engaging them individually when needed. The analysis was done by drawing themes from the tape-recorded interviews. After the data analysis, it was discovered that the mobile application space in Ghana is male-dominated. Factors influencing independent mobile application development are monetary and intrinsic rewards, increasing demand for smartphones, gamification through mobile App development contests, access to free online resources, and government initiatives leveraging mobile applications to enhance governance and fight corruption. Comparatively, the challenges unearthed are the unregulated mobile App industry, the unpredictable nature of advancements in application development languages, and the global competitiveness of the application development space. This study outlines the research implications and recommendations for stakeholders. The originality of this study stems from the fact that it is one of the first studies on mobile application development from the freelance developers' perspective, which emanates from a developing economy context.\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Activity theory perspective to the scale-up and sustainability of mhealth in armed conflict zones of developing countries 从活动理论角度看发展中国家武装冲突地区移动保健的扩展和可持续性

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-07-14 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12340

Nakama David, Jennifer Tyndall

{"title":"Activity theory perspective to the scale-up and sustainability of mhealth in armed conflict zones of developing countries","authors":"Nakama David, Jennifer Tyndall","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12340","DOIUrl":"10.1002/isd2.12340","url":null,"abstract":"Mobile Health (mHealth) presents the potential to facilitate healthcare and improve the quality of life if successful pilot projects are scaled up and sustainable. However, the persistent termination of mHealth at the pilot phase challenges its potential in developing countries. Existing research suggests an absence of understanding of these phenomena for two reasons. First, literature is scarce in the broad context of armed conflict zones in developing countries, particularly in the IS domain. Second, extant literature emphasizes mHealth implementation, while neglecting the scale-up and sustainability of these technologies. Therefore, this study employs activity theory as a holistic lens to explore how contradictions shape the scale-up and sustainability of mHealth in the armed conflict zone of developing countries. In this study, rather than viewing contradiction as a challenge, it serves as a driver for effecting changes that can foster scale-up and sustainability. The Algorithm for the Management of Acute Childhood Illnesses (ALMANACH), provides an empirical basis for this study. The research employs the interpretivism philosophy and the case study method. In-depth interviews, participatory observations, and document reviews were used to collect data. Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select the study's participants. The study reveals a lack of professional expertise among the CHWs, the non-involvement of the users and beneficiaries in designing ALMANACH, and the lack of financial compensation for using ALMANACH in practice as contradictions. The study further exposes how community volunteer groups and the ALMANACH scientific board were established to steer demand.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"90 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141649928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Breaking the culture of silence: An analysis of traditional media versus alternative media coverage of a social tragedy in Guatemala 打破沉默文化：危地马拉社会悲剧的传统媒体与另类媒体报道对比分析

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12342

Jose Ortiz

{"title":"Breaking the culture of silence: An analysis of traditional media versus alternative media coverage of a social tragedy in Guatemala","authors":"Jose Ortiz","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12342","DOIUrl":"10.1002/isd2.12342","url":null,"abstract":"The media are core to the successful functioning of democracy. They are responsible for scrutinizing state institutions. The media, thus, must remain independent of political control and power elites seeking to shape public consciousness. Nonetheless, historical precedents of political censorship and the high concentration of media ownership in Latin America have prevented the media from exercising its accountability duties. Information and communication technology (ICT) has recently enabled alternative media outlets to increase their reach in recent years. In contrast to traditional media, alternative media seek to challenge the status quo and engage in causes of social or political change. By analyzing traditional and alternative media coverage of a social tragedy in Guatemala, this study contributes to the ICT for development literature by showing how alternative media can leverage ICT to create accountability through frame diversification. The concept of frame diversification advanced in this study recognizes the possibilities enabled by ICT for disseminating views that break from the “culture of silence” that has historically permeated the media in Latin American countries like Guatemala.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"90 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141576742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The impact of ICT development on economic resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: A country level analysis 在 COVID-19 大流行期间，信息和通信技术的发展对经济恢复能力的影响：国家层面的分析

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-06-30 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12341

Leida Chen, Kaveepan Lertwachara, Anteneh Ayanso

{"title":"The impact of ICT development on economic resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: A country level analysis","authors":"Leida Chen, Kaveepan Lertwachara, Anteneh Ayanso","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12341","DOIUrl":"10.1002/isd2.12341","url":null,"abstract":"This research explores the relationship between information and communications technology (ICT) development and its impact on a country's economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study has two primary objectives: (1) to understand how ICT development influences a country's economic resilience during a crisis, and (2) to examine the interrelationships between various country-level ICT development measures. We use multi-year, country-level data made available by the United Nations, the World Bank, and World Health Organization to empirically examine our research model. Partial least squares path analysis is the primary research methodology employed in this study. Our results suggest that ICT development has a positive impact on economic resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, our results specify the interrelationships between individual ICT development measures and economic resilience. This research contributes to the extant body of knowledge on the impact of country-level ICT development on economy by empirically validating a research model that explores the relationships between the various measures of ICT development and economic resilience of countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"90 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141506121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Testing a modified information system success model in a mobile travel app context 在移动旅行应用程序中测试修改后的信息系统成功模型

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12339

Nombeko Dube, Michael Humbani

{"title":"Testing a modified information system success model in a mobile travel app context","authors":"Nombeko Dube, Michael Humbani","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12339","DOIUrl":"10.1002/isd2.12339","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the study was to test a modified information system success model in the context of a mobile travel application in order to provide a richer explanation of the focal operating system and the psychological factors that leisure travelers regard as important for user engagement with mobile travel apps. The interrelationship among the basic constructs of DeLone and McLean's information system success model were also explored. A sample size of 219 mobile travel application users aged 18 years and older and who reside in South Africa was collected using purposive non-probability convenience sampling. A self-administered online survey was used for data collection. An exploratory factor analysis revealed the information quality and system quality dimensions to be a single dimension, which was named information and system quality. The results established information and system quality as a significant predictor of service quality. Information and system quality, involvement, and enjoyment also emerged as significant predictors of user engagement with mobile travel applications, while service quality is not. Furthermore, engagement significantly influences word-of-mouth. The study suggests that service providers of mobile travel applications should consider both the information and system characteristics of an application and the psychological factors of involvement and enjoyment if they are to have a better understanding of user engagement with mobile travel applications. The findings indicate that the modified DeLone and McLean's information system success model could be more applicable to exploring mobile travel application engagement in emerging economies, and could be applied to future related studies in other contexts in order to expand existing knowledge.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"90 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/isd2.12339","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141386588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Digital strategy in Brazilian family business 巴西家族企业的数字化战略

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-06-01 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12338

Ieda Margarete Oro, Sérgio Begnini, Edna Cassaro, Taís Trevisol Scherner

{"title":"Digital strategy in Brazilian family business","authors":"Ieda Margarete Oro, Sérgio Begnini, Edna Cassaro, Taís Trevisol Scherner","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12338","DOIUrl":"10.1002/isd2.12338","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to analyze the effect of digitalization strategies on business performance, mediated by organizational innovation in Brazilian family Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). This research adopted a descriptive approach with a quantitative methodology, using a sample of 301 Brazilian family MSMEs. Data were collected from studies by the Foundation for Strategic Analysis and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (FAEDPYME). The theoretical model generated four research hypotheses. Data were processed and analyzed using the structural equation method in SmartPLS 4.0 software. The results confirm the existence of a positive and significant relationship between digitalization strategies, business performance, and organizational innovation, including the mediating effect. The findings highlight the importance of digitalization strategies and organizational innovation in driving the business performance of Brazilian family MSMEs. This study contributes to strategic management practices in family businesses by identifying that effective digitalization strategies and innovation practices allow significant advancements in business performance and subsequent organizational innovation. Thus, they can guide the development of more effective business policies and practices, contributing to the competitiveness of family businesses in the contemporary market.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"90 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141196641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring factors influencing the entrepreneurial intentions of the youth community towards green ICT to encourage environmental sustainability: Evidence from an emerging economy 探索影响青年群体对绿色信息和通信技术的创业意向的因素，以鼓励环境的可持续发展：来自新兴经济体的证据

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12331

Shivam Bhardwaj, Sucheta Agarwal, Vikas Tripathi

{"title":"Exploring factors influencing the entrepreneurial intentions of the youth community towards green ICT to encourage environmental sustainability: Evidence from an emerging economy","authors":"Shivam Bhardwaj, Sucheta Agarwal, Vikas Tripathi","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12331","DOIUrl":"10.1002/isd2.12331","url":null,"abstract":"Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have a complex relationship with the environment, with certain positive as well as negative effects. Through a comprehensive examination of the entrepreneurial landscape in the domain of green ICT in Uttar Pradesh, India, the research aims to investigate the factors influencing the entrepreneurial intentions of the youth community towards green ICT to encourage environmental sustainability. The research shed light on the involved interplay of individual characteristics, social and environmental contexts, and educational and institutional support systems. By employing a comprehensive qualitative study-interview approach combined with exploratory factor analysis (EFA) various factors such as technological innovation, supportive regulatory frameworks (government policies), entrepreneurial resilience, family and social network support, environmental awareness and concern, availability of resources, market demand, and support of academic institutions are identified as the prominent factors which underscore the multifaceted nature of entrepreneurial intentions among the youth community. The findings contribute valuable insights for policymakers, educators, and entrepreneurs alike, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions and policies to nurture a vibrant ecosystem of green ICT entrepreneurship, thereby driving sustainable development and environmental conservation.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"90 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140933187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Mobile infrastructure quality, regulatory quality, government effectiveness: Does e-government development matter? 移动基础设施质量、监管质量、政府效率：电子政务发展重要吗？

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-04-24 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12330

Sulemana Inusah, Adam Ibrahim Osman, Salifu Zaruk Narsam

{"title":"Mobile infrastructure quality, regulatory quality, government effectiveness: Does e-government development matter?","authors":"Sulemana Inusah, Adam Ibrahim Osman, Salifu Zaruk Narsam","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12330","DOIUrl":"10.1002/isd2.12330","url":null,"abstract":"There is a great deal of interest in how mobile infrastructure quality, regulatory quality, and a nation's capacity to develop efficient e-government systems affect government effectiveness. The literature ignores the part electronic government plays in either the regulatory quality-government effectiveness or mobile infrastructure quality-government effectiveness nexuses, despite the fact that existing research indicates that the effects of these factors on government effectiveness vary across nations. Secondary data for 52 African nations was extracted from World Governance Indicator (WGI), Mobile Connectivity Index (MCI), and United Nations E-government Database to empirically investigate the mediating relationship of e-governments using hypothesized model. The positivist paradigm is considered appropriate for this study because it focuses on validating and testing a hypothesized model. The results show a significant relationship between mobile infrastructure quality and e-government development, regulatory quality and e-government development, e-government and government effectiveness. However, there was no significant relationship between mobile infrastructure quality and government effectiveness. Additionally, e-government was found to mediate the relationship between regulatory quality and government effectiveness and the relationship between mobile infrastructure quality and government effectiveness. This suggests that government effectiveness is enhanced when a country is able to develop and implement a good electronic system. The successful implementation of e-governance practices offers better delivery of services to citizens, improved interactions with business, citizen empowerment through access to information, greater convenience, and cost reductions. In addition, establishing protections and legal reforms will be needed to ensure, among other things, the privacy, security and legal recognition of electronic interactions and electronic signatures.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"90 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140664724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring barriers, drivers, and routines of dynamic capabilities in Indonesian digital banking transformation: A qualitative study based on the TOE framework 探索印度尼西亚数字银行转型中动态能力的障碍、驱动因素和常规：基于 TOE 框架的定性研究

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12329

Abdurrahman Abdurrahman, Aurik Gustomo, Eko Agus Prasetio

{"title":"Exploring barriers, drivers, and routines of dynamic capabilities in Indonesian digital banking transformation: A qualitative study based on the TOE framework","authors":"Abdurrahman Abdurrahman, Aurik Gustomo, Eko Agus Prasetio","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12329","DOIUrl":"10.1002/isd2.12329","url":null,"abstract":"This study is rooted in the necessity to gain a thorough comprehension of organizational capabilities essential for embedding dynamic capabilities (DC) according to the technology-organization-environment (TOE) within the landscape of digital transformation (DT). We have observed a surge in recent research focused on DC in the context of DT, however, there is still ample room for exploration to address the complex barriers, drivers, and routines associated with each DC capability, all crucial for achieving successful DT. Our approach employs a qualitative study involving interviews with 18 banking professionals based in Indonesia. Our study's findings have identified six DCs based on the TOE framework that can be effectively employed to facilitate successful DT including the technology capability for the technology dimension, strategy, organizational, and innovation capability for the environment perspective, and environment factor consisting of ecosystem and governance-risk management- compliance (GRC). Delving into these six capabilities, we have explored the barriers, drivers, and routines linked with each. Additionally, our study has facilitated the alignment of DT benefits with expected performance outcomes, thus empowering companies to prioritize DT initiatives in alignment with their performance objectives. From a theoretical standpoint, this research contributes by offering an extensive comprehension of the factors and routines intrinsic to DC based on the TOE framework within the context of DT. From a managerial perspective, it provides guidance to companies as they navigate the realm of DT through a comprehensive lens focused on the DC.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"90 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140627203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Digital transformation of warungs in Indonesia: The interrelation of socio-technical and indigenous factors 印度尼西亚 warungs 的数字化转型：社会技术和本土因素的相互关系

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12328

Mahendrawathi ER, Ghifary Muhammad, Emha Diambang Ramadhany, Ika Nurkasanah

{"title":"Digital transformation of warungs in Indonesia: The interrelation of socio-technical and indigenous factors","authors":"Mahendrawathi ER, Ghifary Muhammad, Emha Diambang Ramadhany, Ika Nurkasanah","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12328","DOIUrl":"10.1002/isd2.12328","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate the moderating effect of an indigenous Indonesian concept, kekeluargaan (kinship ties and obligations), on the digital transformation (DT) of the warung, a traditional family microbusiness in Indonesia. Our study is structured as a multi-case study: we assessed how five warungs, to varying degrees, engaged in DT. Socio-technical systems theory guides the data collection via semi-structured interviews and observations. The data is analyzed through codification to look for themes and patterns from the multiple units of analysis. The findings show that the growth mindset of warung owners influences how they solve business problems, ensure operational efficiency, and increase profit. Some create an effective structure in operating their warung by working with their family members. Owners with a high technology mindset successfully learn and adapt the technology. We theorize that kekeluargaan plays a moderating role for the owner where technology-related tasks are concerned. We found that when kekeluargaan is present, it positively moderates the owner's engagement in technology-related tasks. However, when kekeluargaan is absent, the moderating effect is low. The findings extend the literature on DT for microbusinesses with indigenous cultural factors that should be considered to successfully transform a traditional business.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"90 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140602374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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