TY  - SER
AU  - Jones, Paul
TI  - An exploration of the attitudes and strategic responses of s proprietor micro-enterprises in adopting information and
PY  - 2014///
KW  - Sole Proprietor
KW  - Micro-Enterprise
KW  - Iongitudinal Case Study
KW  - Ict Adoption
N2  - This article analyses longitudinal case-based research exploring the attitudes and strategic responses of micro-enterprise owners in adopting information and communication technology (ICT). In so doing, it contributes to the limited literature on micro-enterprise ICT adoption, with a particular focus on sole proprietors. It provides a basis for widening the theoretical base of the literature pertaining to ICT adoption on two levels. First, a framework is developed which integrates the findings to illustrate the relationships between attitudes towards ICT adoption, endogenous  and exogenous influencers of these attitudes and subsequent strategic response in ICT adoption. Second, building upon this framework the article reveals the unique challenges, opportunities and implications of ICT adoption for sole-proprietor micro-enterprises
ER  -