Title:
Towards Understanding
Public E-Procurement Adoption among Suppliers
Abstract: Despite the claim public
e-procurement
system is predicted to offer a better business coordination and
affiliation,
and higher supplier financial performance, the adoption rate among the
supplier
firms is still low. Therefore, a research framework is proposed to
understand
whether firms’ knowledge absorption ability and technological
competence
influence the adoption. In addition, factors that influence firms’
knowledge
absorption ability and technological competence are also investigated.
The
study will potentially contribute to the IS discipline since measuring
public
e-procurement adoption has been widely based on theories that focus on
individual’s
perception and acceptance.
Authors: Erne Suzila Kassim and Husnayati
Hussin