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      Electronic commerce contribution to the SME performance in manufacturing firms: A structural equation model Translated title: Contribución del comercio electrónico al desempeño de las PyMEs industriales: un modelo estructural

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          Abstract The role Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play in achieving a better organizational performance still needs further analysis among small and medium sized enterprises (SME) from developing countries. This study aims to extend the empirical literature on the relationship between ICT, electronic commerce and SME performance in developing countries. To achieve this goal, we employ a sample of 87 manufacturing firms from the city of Bahía Blanca, Argentina in the year 2015. By estimating a structural equation model, we obtain that electronic commerce adoption has a positive and significant influence on SME sales which is reinforced by the level of ICT use. Other organizational factors such as firm size and public programs explain performance, but are not significant predictors of the electronic commerce adoption.

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          Resumen El rol que juegan las Tecnologías de la Información y comunicación (TIC) para lograr un mejor desempeño organizacional aún requiere de un análisis más profundo entre las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PyMEs) de los países en desarrollo. Este estudio pretende ampliar la literatura empírica sobre la relación entre TIC, comercio electrónico y desempeño de las PyMEs en países en desarrollo. Para alcanzar este objetivo, utilizamos una muestra de 87 empresas manufactureras de la ciudad de Bahia Blanca, Argentina correspondiente al año 2015. Mediante la estimación de un Modelo de ecuación estructura, se obtiene que la adopción del comercio electrónico posee una influencia positiva y significativa en las ventas de las PyMEs la cual es potenciada por el nivel de uso de las TIC. Otros factores organizacionales tales como el tamaño de la empresa y los programas públicos explican el desempeño, pero no son predictores significativos de la adopción del comercio electrónico.

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                Journal
                cya
                Contaduría y administración
                Contad. Adm
                Facultad de Contaduría y Administración, UNAM (México, DF, Mexico )
                0186-1042
                December 2019
                : 64
                : 4
                : e133
                Affiliations
                [1] Buenos Aires orgnameUniversidad Nacional del Sur orgdiv1Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales del Sur Argentina
                Article
                S0186-10422019000500014 S0186-1042(19)06400400014
                10.22201/fca.24488410e.2019.1922
                ee6371ec-be9e-4ef2-8099-61343061b662

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 15 February 2018
                : 13 November 2018
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                Developing countries,PyMEs,Uso de las TIC,Comercio electrónico,SME,ICT use,Electronic commerce,Países en desarrollo

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