An empirical investigation of business-to-business e-commerce adoption and its impact on SMEs competitive advantage: The case of Egyptian manufacturing SMEs

摘要

Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce adoption by Egyptian manufacturing SMEs is an important tool to gain competitive advantage. It is important to understand the levels of B2B e-commerce adoption among Egyptian manufacturing SMEs and the different factors that influence each level of such adoption. The Technology-Organization-Environment framework factors have a significant impact on the different levels of B2B e-commerce adoption by Egyptian manufacturing SMEs. Technology-Organization-Environment framework factors have an indirect impact on Egyptian manufacturing SMEs competitive advantage.