TY - BOOK AU - Al-Qirim,Nabeel A.Y. ED - Deakin University. ED - Deakin University. TI - Determinants of electronic commerce adoption: small businesses in Asia Pacific region : the case of New Zealand SN - 3838320131 U1 - 658.8720993 22 PY - 2010///] CY - Saarbrücken, Germany PB - Lambert Academic Publishing KW - Electronic commerce KW - New Zealand KW - Business enterprises KW - Computer networks N1 - A commercial reprinting of a thesis, originally entitled "Determinants of electronic commerce adoption in small businesses in New Zealand" and submitted to the School of Management Information Systems of the Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University in 2003; Includes bibliographical references N2 - The findings of this thesis suggest that the inexpensive nature of eCommerce, the extent of CEO innovativeness, the need to remain competitive, the relevance of the Internet to the type of business, the SME's size and the apparent compatibility of eCommerce in business were the only determinants of eCommerce adoption in SMEs in New Zealand ER -