id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
ajis02-187	Van Akkeren, Jeanette; Harker, Debra	Mobile Data Technologies and SME Adoption and Diffusion: an empirical study of barriers and facillitators	2002	14	.pdf	application/pdf	7832	314	48	Therefore, could the use of mobile data technologies provide the 'better service' that SME owner/managers seek? Owner/manager characteristics, planning orientation, and the existence of alliances/networks are suggested by as influencing technology adoption by SMEs (McGregor & Gomes 1999). From the adoption factors identified in earlier studies a model (figure 1) was developed based on the study on the adoption of e-commerce technologies thought to facilitate or inhibit technology adoption by SME owner/managers (Van Akkeren & Cavaye 1999).	cache/ajis02-187.pdf	txt/ajis02-187.txt