Authors:
Steven Butler
;
Dotun Adebanjo
and
Hossam Ismail
Affiliation:
Management School, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Keyword(s):
e-Business, Open Source Software, Small-to-Medium Enterprise (SME).
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Adoption of Standards and Protocols for e-Business Applications
;
Applications
;
Case Studies
;
Communication and Software Technologies and Architectures
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Engineering and Technology Applications
;
Neural Rehabilitation
;
Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
;
Open Source Technologies in e-Business
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
Abstract:
This research investigated the issues that impact on an SME adopting e-Business. It was found that many barriers may exist for e-Business adoption in an SME. One of which is limited financial resources to purchase internet technology required for e-Business adoption and development. However, open source technology has grown in popularity for a number of years, with governments, business firms, military and educational organisations incorporating open source software. This paper provides an overview on open source technology which could be adopted for e-Business architecture for the development of e-Business applications. Furthermore, it provides two action research case studies on SMEs adopting open source software for the development of e-Business capabilities. It was found the projects were successfully developed and implemented for each case study company. Although successful, the research team found that more research is required in open source software for the development of e-B
usiness applications.
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