Product adoption · Empirical TOE-model study

SMEs' adoption of enterprise applications: A technology-organisation-environment model

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development · 2013

Boumediene Ramdani, Delroy Chevers, Densil A. Williams

Summary

Tests a technology-organisation-environment explanation of SME enterprise-application adoption.

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Possible founder application

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Reported result

What the study found

Tests a technology-organisation-environment explanation of SME enterprise-application adoption.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Empirical TOE-model study

Sample and setting

SMEs adopting enterprise applications; publisher page confirms peer review but does not expose complete sample details in fetched view

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

The fetched publisher page does not expose full design, sample size, or effect estimates; sector and national context should be checked before transfer.

Research sources

abstract_only

Study strength

3.5/5 Abstract-level evidence is useful for framing questions; verify full methods before transfer.

How this was assessed

The 1–5 evidence-check score is a practical reading aid, not a formal peer review or a probability that a conclusion is true. It combines design strength (2 points), sample reporting (1), comparison/control clarity (1), and how much of the paper could be checked (1). Access affects how confidently this directory can assess a study, not the study's underlying quality. Blinding is reported separately because it is not relevant to every design.

Design transparency · 2/2

Based on the reported study design in the retrieved source.

Sample and setting · 1/1

The sample context is stated; a numerical count is preserved only when reported.

Outcome clarity · 1/1

The finding is summarized from publisher or article metadata.

Access for checking · 0.5/1

Only abstract or bibliographic access was confirmed.

Double-blind? The retrieved publisher record does not establish whether participants or outcome assessors were blinded.