Determinants of technology adoption in the retail trade industry – the case of SMEs in Spain

Artikel

This paper analyzes the determinants of small and medium-sized enterprises' technology adoption in the retail trade industry. From the theoretical perspective, two types of influential factors are differentiated in this respect: the personal characteristics of the manager/business owner and the business's organizational characteristics. The empirical analysis is based on a survey of 268 small and medium-sized enterprises in the Spanish retail trade sector. A logistic regression specification is used as an econometric method. The results indicate that both the acquisition of new technical and electronic equipment and the obtaining of new software are affected by the two types of determinants previously pointed out. The manager/business owner's entrepreneurial motivation and educational background have significant influences on technology adoption in this type of companies. Furthermore, being part of a business group, carrying out training activities for the employees and inter-firm cooperation also positively influence technology adoption in the retail trade industry.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Amfiteatru Economic Journal ; ISSN: 2247-9104 ; Volume: 17 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 39 ; Pages: 646-660 ; Bucharest: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
• Subject: retail trade ; technology adoption ; SME ; business owner

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Romero, Isidoro ; Martínez-Román, Juan A.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
• (where): Bucharest
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/168939
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET