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Moderating effect of the digital divide of e-commerce

Moderating effect of the digital divide of e-commerce The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the digital divide has a moderating effect on the technological factors that affect the adoption of electronic commerce.Design/methodology/approachThis study proposes an exploratory empirical model that integrates the basic variables of e-commerce adoption through the use of the technology adoption model, making an extension with the facilitating conditions and the digital divide as a moderating variable. A digital survey was randomly distributed in Colombia, reaching a final sample of 745 electronic buyers.FindingsThe explanatory result validates that the perception of the digital divide negatively moderates the influence of the variables related to internet technology on the use of e-commerce.Originality/valueThis one of the first studies that analyzes the effect of the digital divide on the adoption of e-commerce. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Social Economics Emerald Publishing

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
0306-8293
DOI
10.1108/ijse-11-2018-0622
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the digital divide has a moderating effect on the technological factors that affect the adoption of electronic commerce.Design/methodology/approachThis study proposes an exploratory empirical model that integrates the basic variables of e-commerce adoption through the use of the technology adoption model, making an extension with the facilitating conditions and the digital divide as a moderating variable. A digital survey was randomly distributed in Colombia, reaching a final sample of 745 electronic buyers.FindingsThe explanatory result validates that the perception of the digital divide negatively moderates the influence of the variables related to internet technology on the use of e-commerce.Originality/valueThis one of the first studies that analyzes the effect of the digital divide on the adoption of e-commerce.

Journal

International Journal of Social EconomicsEmerald Publishing

Published: Nov 21, 2019

Keywords: E-commerce; Adoption; TAM; Digital divide; Public politics

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