The Relationship Between Generic Strategies and E-Business Adoption Levels in Software Producer SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises are a vibrant and growing sector in most economies round the world and interesting phenomena to study. There are many factors, which may influence SMEs’ decisions to invest in e-business, and so many models, investigating relationships between them and e-business adoption. There is evidence that strategic intent of SMEs is one of the factors influencing adoption process. This study aims to survey, how different Generic Strategies lead to different e-business adoption levels.The survey is designed for Iranian Software Producer SMEs. The data was collected by telephone with the respondent being the SME owner who is knowledgeable about strategic intent.The results show, no significance relationship between generic strategies and e-business adoption levels. The relationship between educational levels of managers and e-business adoption levels is also investigated. No relationship was seen in this case either.