Abstract:
Purpose - This paper aims to measure the e-business adoption activities in Yemeni SMEs as well as investigate the benefit and barriers of using e-business in SMEs in developing countries such as Yemen. Design/methodology/approach - the paper employed a mixed method (quantitative and qualitative) case approach. The paper integrated different methods in order to facilitate a deep understanding of the adoption level of e-business in SMEs in. Firstly, semi-structured interviews conducted with, a survey questionnaire used to generalise and verify the findings from stage 1 to the SEMs population. Findings - The results indicate that the Yemeni SMEs are at the early stages of e-business adoption. It also indicates factors that deter Yemeni SMEs from the adoption of E-business.
