Electronic commerce technology adoption

This paper attempts to highlight a framework for the adoption of electronic commerce (EC) technologies in Iran with specific interest in the small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) sector of the economy. The main thrust of the research was to develop the framework for electronic commerce adoption by the Iran SMEs and hence study the accelerators and impediments to the adoption and diffusion of e-commerce technologies. The paper shows some barriers to small and medium size enterprises developing and diffusion theories and practicalities can be explored for developing the proposed EC adoption in SMEs. It is argued that results from research case studies based on the framework are able to identify the factors influencing and leading to the adoption of e-commerce technologies by the Iran SMEs.