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TechnologyOrganizationEnvironment (TOE) framework (Tornatzky and Fleisher 1990) provides a structure to identify the factors that influence technology adoption and its likelihood. The technology context refers to characteristics of the technologies which are available for possible adoption by the organization, and the current state of technology in the organization. This current state of technology can be expressed in both material (e.g., equipment owned by the organization) and immaterial (e.g., methods currently in use). The organizational context consists of the organizational structure, the presence of innovationenabling processes such as informal communication and strategic behavior of top management, and the size and slack resources of the organization. The environmental context combines elements such as market structure and characteristics, the external support available for adopting new technologies, and government regulations.

The TOE framework (Depietro et al. 1990) indicates that the adoption of technology is influenced by three elements, namely, the technology context, the organizational context, and the environmental context. The technology context deals with characteristics of the technologies that are available for possible adoption by the organization, and the current state of technology in the organization. The organizational context refers to the organizational structure, the presence of innovationenabling processes such as informal communication and strategic behavior of top management, and the size and slack resources of the organization. The environmental context combines elements such as market structure and characteristics, the external support available for adopting new technologies, and government regulations.

It is likely that the adoption and implementation of technological innovations is influenced by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the technology context, the organizational context, and the environmental context. Our research confirmed this hypothesis. The study focused on the environmental context and the technology context.

Depietro et al. (1990) point out that technological context is considered to be the most critical element influencing the implementation and adoption of technology. The organizational context is considered to be the next most critical element. The environmental context is considered to be of less importance for the adoption of technology. Therefore, we decided to investigate the technology context, the organizational context, and the environmental context in the current study.

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Existing literature points out that the organizational adoption of new technologies is a complex process that involves many factors. It has been found that new technologies can be adopted directly, indirectly, through intermediaries, and can be impacted by various factors. All of these processes are influenced by the context and are dependent on the size and the industry of the firm. According to the TOE framework, the technology-organization-environment model is a framework for classifying adoption factors and their influence on adoption. In this study, we used this framework to classify the most important factors influencing the performance of innovation and the strategic decision-making of SMEs. 827ec27edc