The current state of e-readiness in Jordan public shareholding companies

Dissertant

al-Khaffaf, Maha Mahdi

Thesis advisor

al-Utaybi, Ghassan A.
Hattab, Izz al-Din Shakir Hasan

Comitee Members

al-Khalidi, Firas
Yasin, Sad Ghalib
al-Shaykh, Asim A. R.

University

Arab Academy for Financial and Banking Sciences

Faculty

The Faculty of Information Systems and Technology

Department

Department of Management Information Systems

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Ph.D.

Degree Date

2008

English Abstract

This research evaluates and measures the accomplished achievements that make Jordan public shareholding companies ready to host e-transactions (or so-called e-readiness).

It aims to analyze the effect of e-readiness enablers (business environment, culture, regulation and technological support) on the stage of e-readiness in public shareholding companies in Jordan.

This includes Jordan e-readiness SWOT Analysis, critical success factors of e-readiness, assessing e-readiness and its barriers and benefits… This research depends on empirical study and relies on structured questionnaires.

Questionnaires numbered at 330 have been distributed to 110 public shareholding companies in four economic sectors in Jordan; Banking, Service, Industry, and Insurance, in order to get the research results.

The study found that Jordanian business environment encourages e-readiness in public shareholding companies although it faces a hard economical conditions and unstable political conditions in neighbor countries.

Furthermore Jordan lacks all the needed legislations about using internet and electronic commerce.

Last but not least the study found that Jordan relies heavily on educated and skilled human resource, culture support and encourage the use of internet so that the needed cultural support for e-readiness is available, and the state of technology also supports e-readiness.

The study recommends improving the coordination and collaboration process between all public enterprises and the Ministry of Communication and Information in Jordan, Management should define the focus, direction, and scope phasing required for their e-readiness plans, on the other hand legislation and legal system concerned with the use of internet and e-business in Jordan has to be improved and developed to meet all the details that could face the citizen while using internet and e-business.

Main Subjects

Business Administration

Topics

No. of Pages

188

Table of Contents

Table of contents.

Abstract.

Chapter one : Research framework.

Chapter two : Theoretical framework.

Chapter three : Jordan e-readiness analysis.

Chapter four : Research methodology.

Chapter five : Operantionalization and mesurment of the model variable.

Chapter six : Hypotheses testing and study results.

Chapter seven : Summery, contribution, recommendation, limitation and further research.

References.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Khaffaf, Maha Mahdi. (2008). The current state of e-readiness in Jordan public shareholding companies. (Doctoral dissertations Theses and Dissertations Master). Arab Academy for Financial and Banking Sciences, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-306000

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Khaffaf, Maha Mahdi. The current state of e-readiness in Jordan public shareholding companies. (Doctoral dissertations Theses and Dissertations Master). Arab Academy for Financial and Banking Sciences. (2008).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-306000

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Khaffaf, Maha Mahdi. (2008). The current state of e-readiness in Jordan public shareholding companies. (Doctoral dissertations Theses and Dissertations Master). Arab Academy for Financial and Banking Sciences, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-306000

Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-306000