ICT and e-business in the tourism industry ICT adoption ... - empirica

Tourism
Exhibit 3-35: Barriers to e-business adoption as perceived by companies
Company too small
0 20 40 60 80 100
Technology too expensive
0 20 40 60 80 100
Tourism
57
Tourism
42
1-9 empl.
78
1-9 empl.
45
10-49 empl.
48
10-49 empl.
20
50-249 empl.
43
50-249 empl.
37
250+ empl.
0
250+ empl.
53
All 10 sectors
55
All 10 sectors
38
Technology too complicated
0 20 40 60 80 100
Systems not compatible
0 20 40 60 80 100
Tourism
1-9 empl.
10-49 empl.
26
34
19
Tourism
1-9 empl.
10-49 empl.
19
25
18
50-249 empl.
30
50-249 empl.
30
250+ empl.
0
250+ empl.
0
All 10 sectors
30
All 10 sectors
24
Security concerns
0 20 40 60 80 100
Legal issues
0 20 40 60 80 100
Tourism
26
Tourism
25
1-9 empl.
29
1-9 empl.
31
10-49 empl.
32
10-49 empl.
13
50-249 empl.
30
50-249 empl.
28
250+ empl.
32
250+ empl.
32
All 10 sectors
31
All 10 sectors
22
Lack of reliable IT providers
0 20 40 60 80 100
Tourism 21
1-9 empl.
10-49 empl.
24
17
50-249 empl. 54
250+ empl. 0
Base (100%): Companies saying that e-business
does not play a role in their operations.
N (for sector, EU-10) = 228.
(Note: Data for large firms only indicative due to the
very low number of observations)
Weighting: Totals (for the sector and for all 10
sectors) are weighted by employment and should be
read as "enterprises comprising …% of employment
in the sector(s)". Figures for size-bands are in % of
enterprises from the size-band.
All 10 sectors
23
Questionnaire reference: H3.
Source: e-Business W@tch (Survey 2006)
72