International Journal of Information Technology and Management · 2006 · 34 citations · 16 references
BusinessInformation SystemsManagement Information SystemsBusiness StrategyGrowth StrategySmall Business ManagementBusiness Growth StrategiesE-commerce ManagementE-commerce StrategyGrowth MetricsNew Business DevelopmentSmall BusinessBusiness Lifecycle StagesComparative Analytic FrameworkE-commerce GrowthGrowth Stage ModelingOrganizational Growth StagesSmall Business Growth StrategySmall Business PerformanceStaged Growth Models
Growth models serve as tools for understanding e‑business growth and aid in implementation and policy development. The study proposes a comparative framework to contrast e‑business growth models for small and medium enterprises. The authors review 65 e‑business growth models, appraise their layout, characteristics, and stages, and present a comparative framework that maps perspective, development, emphasis, empirical verification, focus, source, and growth barriers. The literature review shows that existing e‑business growth models are limited in scope, lack empirical verification, and fail to account for alternative perspectives or growth barriers, underscoring the need for a representative empirical model and appropriate methodology.
This study proposes a comparative framework for contrasting e-business growth models within the context of small and medium enterprises. Growth models act both as a mechanism for understanding e-business growth and as an aid to implementation and policy development. This study reviews the performance of 65 e-business growth models, which are identified via perspective, stages and content. Furthermore, the study provides a narrative of the identified models appraising layout, characteristics, number and purpose of stage. A comparative framework is presented illustrating perspective, development, emphasis, empirical verification, focus, source and barriers to growth. The review of literature revealed that existing research was limited in scope and rigour and existing models do not accurately portray e-business growth. Models were identified as lacking empirical verification, not considering alternative perspectives or barriers to e-business growth. The paper concludes by identifying the need for a representative and empirical model and the appropriate methodology to attain this outcome.
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