TY - CHAP
T1 - Delphi panel discussion of F-TAM
T2 - Industry experts and academic perspectives
AU - Doe, Joshua Kofi
AU - Van de Wetering, Rogier
AU - Honyenuga, Ben
AU - Versendaal, Johan
AU - Boateng, Richard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Contextual issues that surround the adoption of mobile digital innovations have become a topical issue for both academics and industry experts. In an attempt to bridge this knowledge gap, Doe et al. (Toward a firm technology adoption model (F-TAM) in a developing country context MCIS 2017 proceedings, 2017, p. 23. http://aisel.aisnet.org/mcis2017/23 ) developed the firm technology adoption model (F-TAM) through a systematic literature review. The authors suggested an exploratory study among industry experts to further validate the model. This paper employs the Delphi technique among academics and industry experts to further refine the F-TAM model. The study sought to examine the degree to which the F-TAM reflects the adoption pattern among SMEs in Ghana, whether there are other factors of variables that are not accounted for in the F-TAM, and whether a change in the model makes the model more valid? The findings of this paper suggested a very high degree of facial validity of the variables from the initial F-TAM model. Twelve new variables, one new construct, and seven changes are suggested to the initial F-TAM model. Recommendations are made in for future studies on the bases of the findings.
AB - Contextual issues that surround the adoption of mobile digital innovations have become a topical issue for both academics and industry experts. In an attempt to bridge this knowledge gap, Doe et al. (Toward a firm technology adoption model (F-TAM) in a developing country context MCIS 2017 proceedings, 2017, p. 23. http://aisel.aisnet.org/mcis2017/23 ) developed the firm technology adoption model (F-TAM) through a systematic literature review. The authors suggested an exploratory study among industry experts to further validate the model. This paper employs the Delphi technique among academics and industry experts to further refine the F-TAM model. The study sought to examine the degree to which the F-TAM reflects the adoption pattern among SMEs in Ghana, whether there are other factors of variables that are not accounted for in the F-TAM, and whether a change in the model makes the model more valid? The findings of this paper suggested a very high degree of facial validity of the variables from the initial F-TAM model. Twelve new variables, one new construct, and seven changes are suggested to the initial F-TAM model. Recommendations are made in for future studies on the bases of the findings.
KW - Developing countries contexts
KW - Diffusion
KW - Mobile digital innovations adoption
KW - SMEs
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-16130-9_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-16130-9_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85090513479
T3 - EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing
SP - 3
EP - 23
BT - EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -