Technology Adoption among Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's): A Research Agenda

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Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's): A Research Agenda"> <meta name="citation_author" content="Ramayah Thurasamy"> <meta name="citation_author" content="Osman Mohamad"> <meta name="citation_author" content="Azizah Omar"> <meta name="citation_author" content="Malliga Marimuthu"> <meta name="citation_publication_date" content="2009/05/22"> <meta name="citation_journal_title" content="International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering"> <meta name="citation_volume" content="3"> <meta name="citation_issue" content="5"> <meta name="citation_firstpage" content="512"> <meta name="citation_lastpage" content="515"> <meta name="citation_pdf_url" content="https://publications.waset.org/2344/pdf"> <link href="https://cdn.waset.org/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" rel="shortcut icon"> <link href="https://cdn.waset.org/static/plugins/bootstrap-4.2.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="https://cdn.waset.org/static/plugins/fontawesome/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> 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technology adoption of SMEs in Malaysia. SMEs form over 90% of all business entities in Malaysia and they have been contributing to the development of the nation. Technology adoption has been a thorn issue among SMEs as they require big outlay which might not be available to the SMEs. Although resource has been an issue among SMEs they cannot lie low and ignore the technological advancements that are taking place at a rapid pace. With that in mind this paper proposes a model to explain the technology adoption issue among SMEs.</p> <iframe src="https://publications.waset.org/2344.pdf" style="width:100%; height:400px;" frameborder="0"></iframe> <p class="card-text"><strong>Keywords:</strong> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/search?q=Technology%20adoption" title="Technology adoption">Technology adoption</a>, <a href="https://publications.waset.org/search?q=integrated%20model" title=" integrated model"> integrated model</a>, <a href="https://publications.waset.org/search?q=Small%20and%0D%0AMedium%20Enterprises%20%28SME%29" title=" Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)"> Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)</a>, <a href="https://publications.waset.org/search?q=Malaysia" title=" Malaysia"> Malaysia</a> </p> <p class="card-text"><strong>Digital Object Identifier (DOI):</strong> <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1057037" target="_blank">doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1057037</a> </p> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/technology-adoption-among-small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-a-research-agenda" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Procedia</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/apa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">APA</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/bibtex" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">BibTeX</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/chicago" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Chicago</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/endnote" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">EndNote</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/harvard" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Harvard</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/json" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">JSON</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/mla" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">MLA</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/ris" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">RIS</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/xml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">XML</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344/iso690" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">ISO 690</a> <a href="https://publications.waset.org/2344.pdf" target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">PDF</a> <span class="bg-info text-light px-1 py-1 float-right rounded"> Downloads <span class="badge badge-light">2518</span> </span> <p class="card-text"><strong>References:</strong></p> <br>[1] A. 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