Social media adoption and its impact on firm performance: the case of the UAE

SZ Ahmad, AR Abu Bakar, N Ahmad - International Journal of …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Through social media technologies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
can communicate information and respond to competitors with minimal cost. The ability to …

Understanding social media adoption in SMEs: Empirical evidence from the United Arab Emirates

A AlSharji, SZ Ahmad, AR Abu Bakar - Journal of Entrepreneurship in …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the key drivers of social media adoption intention by
small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach It uses a multi …

[HTML][HTML] Social media, business capabilities and performance: A review of literature

MM Irbo, AA Mohammed - African Journal of Business …, 2020 - academicjournals.org
Information communication technology has plenty of benefits to society. Social media being
the product of information technology have become an essential tool for marketers at a very …

[PDF][PDF] The effects of social media marketing antecedents on social media marketing, brand loyalty and purchase intention: A customer perspective

BMA Almohaimmeed - Journal of Business and Retail …, 2019 - researchgate.net
The aim of this study was to explore the effects of the antecedents of social media marketing,
brand loyalty and purchase intention. Furthermore, the study aims at investigating the effect …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the consequence of social media usage on firm performance

P Hanafizadeh, S Shafia, E Bohlin - Digital Business, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to identify the consequence of social media usage on firm performance. To
this end, it proposes a conceptual map that shows promising linkages between the maturity …

Adoption and use of social media in small and medium-sized enterprises

C Meske, S Stieglitz - … -Driven Research on Enterprise Transformation: 6th …, 2013 - Springer
In recent years, social media have been increasingly adopted in enterprises. Enterprises
use social media as an additional way to get in contact with their customers and support …

Organizational adoption of social media in the hospitality industry: An integrated approach based on DIT and TOE frameworks

A Pateli, N Mylonas, A Spyrou - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The importance of the organizational adoption of social media is increasingly raised in
hospitality literature because of the recognition of Web 2.0 technologies as a significant tool …

Managing an organisation's social media presence: An empirical stages of growth model

AQH Chung, P Andreev, M Benyoucef, A Duane… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The adoption of social media by organisations has proven to be very beneficial; however,
few studies have examined how to manage an organisation's social media adoption and …

Evaluating the influence of social advertising, individual factors, and brand image on the buying behavior toward fashion clothing brands

FU Rehman, BM Al-Ghazali - Sage Open, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study intends to evaluate the influence of social advertising, individual factors, and
brand image on the buying behavior of Malaysian consumers toward the fashion clothing …

Social media adoption in smes sustainability: evidence from an emerging economy

J Amoah, E Bruce, Z Shurong… - Cogent Business & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Social media is constantly changing the business landscape across all economic sectors.
Given this, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are leveraging this to give their …