{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2056310469","doi":"https://doi.org/10.7553/72-1-1374","title":"Diffusion of lCTs and E-commerce adoption in manufacturing SMEs in Kenya","display_name":"Diffusion of lCTs and E-commerce adoption in manufacturing SMEs in Kenya","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-03-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2056310469","doi":"https://doi.org/10.7553/72-1-1374","mag":"2056310469"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.7553/72-1-1374","doi":"https://doi.org/10.7553/72-1-1374","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.7553/72-1-1374","pdf_url":"https://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/download/1374/1289","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2737383775","display_name":"South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science","issn_l":"0256-8861","issn":["0256-8861","2304-8263"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["dhet","doaj","poland-20","russia-white-list-3","scielo"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310322186","host_organization_name":"Library and Information Association of South Africa","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310322186"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Library and Information Association of South Africa"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/download/1374/1289","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030175117","display_name":"Stephen Oseko Migiro","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2781-5424","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2781-5424"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12553626","display_name":"University of Zululand","ror":"https://ror.org/03v8ter60","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12553626"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"S .O. Migiro","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Business Management and Department of Library and Information Science,\nUniversity of Zululand","Department of Business Management and Department of Library and Information Science,#N#University of Zululand"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Business Management and Department of Library and Information Science,\nUniversity of Zululand","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12553626"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Business Management and Department of Library and Information Science,#N#University of Zululand","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12553626"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5030175117"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12553626"],"apc_list":{"value":20000,"currency":"ZAR","value_usd":1086},"apc_paid":{"value":20000,"currency":"ZAR","value_usd":1086},"fwci":2.1908,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":8,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.91497402,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"72","issue":"1","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10068","display_name":"Technology Adoption and User Behaviour","score":0.9696999788284302,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10068","display_name":"Technology Adoption and User Behaviour","score":0.9696999788284302,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11499","display_name":"ICT Impact and Policies","score":0.01080000028014183,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2214","display_name":"Media Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12659","display_name":"Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting","score":0.006200000178068876,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ict-diffusion","display_name":"ICT diffusion","score":0.8840000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/e-commerce-adoption","display_name":"e-commerce adoption","score":0.9959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/manufacturing-smes","display_name":"manufacturing SMEs","score":0.9909999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technology-adoption-barriers","display_name":"technology adoption barriers","score":0.7730000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ict-costs","display_name":"ICT costs","score":0.5429999828338623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technical-knowledge","display_name":"technical knowledge","score":0.9660000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/kenya","display_name":"Kenya","score":0.8029999732971191}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.716077446937561},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.6424079537391663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67363961","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5268834","display_name":"Information and Communications Technology","level":2,"score":0.6359564065933228},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776343822","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5969768","display_name":"ICTS","level":3,"score":0.5824390649795532},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39896193","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380344","display_name":"Descriptive statistics","level":2,"score":0.5635161399841309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78597825","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484847","display_name":"E-commerce","level":2,"score":0.5012836456298828},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.4564180374145508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C70388272","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5968558","display_name":"IBM","level":2,"score":0.4308450520038605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.39159882068634033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.23495063185691833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2247394323348999},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.11437055468559265},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171250308","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11468","display_name":"Nanotechnology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.7553/72-1-1374","doi":"https://doi.org/10.7553/72-1-1374","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.7553/72-1-1374","pdf_url":"https://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/download/1374/1289","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2737383775","display_name":"South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science","issn_l":"0256-8861","issn":["0256-8861","2304-8263"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["dhet","doaj","poland-20","russia-white-list-3","scielo"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310322186","host_organization_name":"Library and Information Association of South Africa","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310322186"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Library and Information Association of South Africa"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.7553/72-1-1374","doi":"https://doi.org/10.7553/72-1-1374","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.7553/72-1-1374","pdf_url":"https://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/download/1374/1289","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2737383775","display_name":"South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science","issn_l":"0256-8861","issn":["0256-8861","2304-8263"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["dhet","doaj","poland-20","russia-white-list-3","scielo"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310322186","host_organization_name":"Library and Information Association of South Africa","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310322186"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Library and Information Association of South Africa"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":1.0,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"},{"score":0.6452000141143799,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2056310469.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2056310469.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":29,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W226451276","https://openalex.org/W636975283","https://openalex.org/W1492301466","https://openalex.org/W1516515203","https://openalex.org/W1589843009","https://openalex.org/W1603504818","https://openalex.org/W1971770097","https://openalex.org/W1976553354","https://openalex.org/W1977146101","https://openalex.org/W2011440466","https://openalex.org/W2013246734","https://openalex.org/W2015839496","https://openalex.org/W2021927711","https://openalex.org/W2027782038","https://openalex.org/W2030255776","https://openalex.org/W2041367988","https://openalex.org/W2046227494","https://openalex.org/W2051570435","https://openalex.org/W2103463257","https://openalex.org/W2104626347","https://openalex.org/W2114730368","https://openalex.org/W2123295610","https://openalex.org/W2151844518","https://openalex.org/W2162155006","https://openalex.org/W2167593462","https://openalex.org/W2549907069","https://openalex.org/W3046685930","https://openalex.org/W3123294608","https://openalex.org/W7017167362"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2301719619","https://openalex.org/W1519877014","https://openalex.org/W4295873134","https://openalex.org/W1991045158","https://openalex.org/W2977244011","https://openalex.org/W2185052530","https://openalex.org/W632209493","https://openalex.org/W21004267","https://openalex.org/W3162718941","https://openalex.org/W1602499685"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,13,45,74,89],"Internet's":[1],"World":[2,14],"Wide":[3,15],"Web":[4,16],"has":[5],"become":[6],"the":[7,18,30,69,111,116],"prime":[8],"driver":[9],"of":[10,47,57,71,105,113],"modern":[11],"E-commerce.":[12],"and":[17,40,55,64,103],"Internet":[19],"together":[20],"with":[21,42],"other":[22,43],"ICT":[23,53],"enabling":[24],"technologies":[25],"offer":[26],"a":[27,77],"platform":[28],"in":[29,62,82,110],"way":[31],"organizations":[32],"arrange":[33],"their":[34,38],"business":[35],"processes.":[36],"address":[37],"marketplaces.":[39],"partner":[41],"enterprises.":[44],"objectives":[46],"this":[48],"paper":[49],"are":[50,87,108],"to":[51,68],"map":[52],"diffusion":[54,112],"adoption":[56],"e-commerce":[58],"by":[59],"manufacturing":[60,117],"SMEs":[61],"Kenya":[63],"identify":[65],"specific":[66],"barriers":[67,109],"exploitation":[70],"these":[72],"drivers.":[73],"investigation":[75],"adopts":[76],"descriptive":[78,94],"survey":[79],"research":[80],"design":[81],"which":[83],"rondom":[84],"sampling":[85],"techniques":[86],"used.":[88],"data":[90],"was":[91],"analysed":[92],"using":[93],"statistics.":[95],"Results":[96],"reveal":[97],"that":[98],"high":[99],"cost.":[100],"limited":[101],"funds":[102],"lack":[104],"technical":[106],"know-how":[107],"ICTs":[114],"among":[115],"SMEs.":[118]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}