TY - GEN
T1 - The role of ICTs in Native American owned micro-enterprises- A framing analysis
AU - Xiong, Jie
AU - Qureshi, Sajda
AU - Lamsam, Teresa Trumbly
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are seen to be drivers for the development of emerging regions. Many small businesses in the United States, including Native American owned microenterprises, are facing unique challenges in the adoption of ICTs to improve business performance. This research follows an inductive qualitative approach to find out which of the factors could potentially lead to the adoption of technologies by Native American micro-enterprises owners. Based on interviews from four Native American owned micro-enterprises, Characteristics of ICTs, Personal Inequality, and Community Engagement are identified as key factors that lead to the adoption of ICTs. The contribution of this study is the identification of these factors, and in the ways in which they relate to each other. This research also offers a cyclical view of relationships between factors that influence Native American microentrepreneurs' adoption of technology.
AB - Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are seen to be drivers for the development of emerging regions. Many small businesses in the United States, including Native American owned microenterprises, are facing unique challenges in the adoption of ICTs to improve business performance. This research follows an inductive qualitative approach to find out which of the factors could potentially lead to the adoption of technologies by Native American micro-enterprises owners. Based on interviews from four Native American owned micro-enterprises, Characteristics of ICTs, Personal Inequality, and Community Engagement are identified as key factors that lead to the adoption of ICTs. The contribution of this study is the identification of these factors, and in the ways in which they relate to each other. This research also offers a cyclical view of relationships between factors that influence Native American microentrepreneurs' adoption of technology.
KW - Economic development
KW - Empowerment
KW - Framing analysis
KW - Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
KW - Native American micro-enterprises
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84963623517
T3 - 2015 Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2015
BT - 2015 Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2015
PB - Americas Conference on Information Systems
T2 - 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2015
Y2 - 13 August 2015 through 15 August 2015
ER -