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 …

Effects of technological, organizational, and environmental factors on social media adoption

SA Qalati, W Li, EG Vela, A Bux, B Barbosa… - The Journal of Asian …, 2020 - koreascience.kr
Electronic commerce is becoming a significant hub for sourcing products/services which
helps organizations to connect with potential customers and gain competitive advantages …

The impact of social media adoption on competitive advantage in the small and medium enterprises

AAA Bakri - … Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2017 - inderscienceonline.com
Internet-based social media delivers huge benefits to SMEs. There is, however, little
research into whether SMEs in Gulf Cooperation Council states use it to gain competitive …

Exploring social media adoption in small and medium enterprises in Iraq: pivotal role of social media network capability and customer involvement

H Al Halbusi, H Alhaidan, F Abdelfattah… - … Analysis & Strategic …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can communicate with their
consumers and provide them with relevant information on cost-effective goods or services …

Reflections of entrepreneurs of small and medium-sized enterprises concerning the adoption of social media and its impact on performance outcomes: Evidence from …

SZ Ahmad, N Ahmad, ARA Bakar - Telematics and Informatics, 2018 - Elsevier
There have been numerous studies on the adoption of social media among individuals as
well as organizations. Nevertheless, most of these studies were conducted in developed …

Social media and SMEs' performance in developing countries: Effects of technological-organizational-environmental factors on the adoption of social media

SA Qalati, D Ostic, MABA Sulaiman, AA Gopang… - Sage …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Increasing globalization and rapid digitization across industries have led to greater
international competition. Furthermore, the emergence of new innovation has created both …

SME social media use: A study of predictive factors in the United Arab Emirates

AR Abu Bakar, SZ Ahmad… - Global Business and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Considerable research has been conducted on social media, yet the determinants of their
adoption by organizations, especially small and medium‐size enterprises (SMEs), remain …

A mediated model on the adoption of social media and SMEs' performance in developing countries

SA Qalati, LW Yuan, MAS Khan, F Anwar - Technology in Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can adopt and use social media (SM)
for communicating information with stakeholders with minimal cost. The ability to access and …

Social media tools adoption and use by SMEs: An empirical study

SF Wamba, L Carter - Social media and Networking: Concepts …, 2016 - igi-global.com
Despite the recent increase in the adoption and use of social media tools to support firm
operations, very little empirical research focusing on small-and medium-sized enterprises …