dc.description.abstract | Small and medium enterprises are the main
influencing business sector of the Sri Lankan economy
as well as all the developing countries. Information and
Communication Technology is playing a major role
in Small and Medium Enterprises. The main objective
of this study is to examine the factor influencing the
ICT adoption in SMEs in Balangoda area. The study
examined the effect of cost of ICT, knowledge about ICT,
ICT infrastructure and Perceived benefits associated
with Information and Communication technology on
its usage. Primary data were used as the data source of
the study. As the sample of the study, researcher selected
50 SMEs established in the Balangoda area. Data
were collected using a structured questionnaire and
analyzed those using descriptive statistics, correlation
and regression analysis. The results reveal that cost,
knowledge, infrastructure and benefits of information
and communication technology effect its use in
small and medium enterprises. According to finding
of the research, cost of ICT negatively affect for the
usage of ICT in SMEs. But knowledge about ICT, ICT
infrastructure and perceived benefits positively affect
for the usage of ICT in SMEs. Therefore, owners of the
SMEs should increase their knowledge about new ICT
usage within the business organizations, should know
how use ICT infrastructure to increase ICT usage in the
organization. Perceived benefits is the strongly affective
variable than the other Therefore, SME must apply the
effective, efficient and employee friendly ICT system. | en_US |