S-commerce: Competition drives action through small medium enterprise top management
This study investigates the factors influencing the continued use of S-commerce in small and medium enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the roles of top management (TM) support, competitive pressure (CP), facilitating conditions, and service quality. Data were collected from 341 SME owners and analyzed...
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| description | This study investigates the factors influencing the continued use of S-commerce in small and medium enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the roles of top management (TM) support, competitive pressure (CP), facilitating conditions, and service quality. Data were collected from 341 SME owners and analyzed using SEM. Data was analyzed with SmartPLS using a two-step approach. The findings indicate that TM support significantly impacts the continued use of S-commerce by influencing facilitating conditions and service quality while CP affects TM behavior and usage continuity. However, the findings reveal that operational factors, such as infrastructure and service quality, play a more critical role in sustaining S-commerce engagement than external pressures. Facilitating conditions, in particular, were found to have a strong influence on service quality and platform engagement, underscoring the importance of technical and organizational resources. The study extends prior research by highlighting the interplay between internal and external drivers in fostering the continuous use of S-commerce, offering practical insights for SMEs and future research directions. |
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| spelling | ump-441772025-03-21T00:29:03Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44177/ S-commerce: Competition drives action through small medium enterprise top management Sutomo, Erwin Nur Shamsiah, Abdul Rahman Awanis, Romli QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science This study investigates the factors influencing the continued use of S-commerce in small and medium enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the roles of top management (TM) support, competitive pressure (CP), facilitating conditions, and service quality. Data were collected from 341 SME owners and analyzed using SEM. Data was analyzed with SmartPLS using a two-step approach. The findings indicate that TM support significantly impacts the continued use of S-commerce by influencing facilitating conditions and service quality while CP affects TM behavior and usage continuity. However, the findings reveal that operational factors, such as infrastructure and service quality, play a more critical role in sustaining S-commerce engagement than external pressures. Facilitating conditions, in particular, were found to have a strong influence on service quality and platform engagement, underscoring the importance of technical and organizational resources. The study extends prior research by highlighting the interplay between internal and external drivers in fostering the continuous use of S-commerce, offering practical insights for SMEs and future research directions. Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES) 2025-05 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_sa_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44177/1/S-commerce_Competition%20drives%20action%20through%20small%20medium%20enterprise%20top%20management.pdf Sutomo, Erwin and Nur Shamsiah, Abdul Rahman and Awanis, Romli (2025) S-commerce: Competition drives action through small medium enterprise top management. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 38 (2). pp. 1042-1050. ISSN 2502-4752. (Published) http://doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v38.i2.pp1042-1050 http://doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v38.i2.pp1042-1050 |
| spellingShingle | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Sutomo, Erwin Nur Shamsiah, Abdul Rahman Awanis, Romli S-commerce: Competition drives action through small medium enterprise top management |
| title | S-commerce: Competition drives action through small medium enterprise top management |
| title_full | S-commerce: Competition drives action through small medium enterprise top management |
| title_fullStr | S-commerce: Competition drives action through small medium enterprise top management |
| title_full_unstemmed | S-commerce: Competition drives action through small medium enterprise top management |
| title_short | S-commerce: Competition drives action through small medium enterprise top management |
| title_sort | s-commerce: competition drives action through small medium enterprise top management |
| topic | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
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