Saka, N (2011) An assessment of the level of adoption of e-business practices by Nigerian construction contractors. In: Egbu, C and Lou, E C W (eds.) Proceedings of 27th Annual ARCOM Conference, 5-7 September 2011, Bristol, UK.
Abstract
The development of e-business applications in the Construction Industry (CI) has improved significantly and it is perceived as a mainstream to improved information flow and productivity. However, not much has been achieved in developing countries like Nigeria. This study investigates the state of e-business technologies application in the Nigerian Construction Industry (NCI) supply chains. A survey of e-business practices among Nigerian Construction Contractors (NCCs) was conducted with the aid of a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics are used to analyse the data collected. The results showed that the use of e-business for construction project management is below 50% of all the areas investigated. Some of the most important challenges impinging on the development and adoption of e-business by the NCCs includes finance, security, manpower, training,cost, maintenance and obsolescence etc. others challenges include cyber crime (hacking, financial crimes, piracy sales of work and viruses) and privacy (anonymity, computer matching, spamming and flaming) . The paper concludes that e-business can be improved through increase financial, security, and technical support to NCCs by the government and e-business service providers.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | e-business; e-business service providers; government; Nigeria |
| Index terms: | information flow, Nigeria, survey, productivity, developing country, statistics, construction contractor, e-business, construction industry, obsolescence, privacy, construction project management, questionnaire |
| Subjects: | asset management, professional ethics, industry analysis, information systems, management, Geography, development economics, project management theory and practice, digital commerce, data collection methods, mathematical modelling, practitioner |
| Topics: | Geographical Context, Project Management, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Roles and Professions, International Construction, Legal Issues, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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