Kapurubandara, MLawson, R2022-01-122022-01-122007-02-21Cited by 152150-4938https://rda.sliit.lk/handle/123456789/630Although research indicates e-commerce offers viable and practical solutions for organizations to meet challenges of a predominantly changing environment, the few available studies related to SMEs in developing countries reveal a delay or failure of SMEs in adopting e-transformation technologies. The various factors identified as causes for the reticence can be broadly classified as Internal Barriers and External Barriers. This paper presents a model for barriers to adoption of ICT and e-commerce and the results of an exploratory pilot study and survey. This research also identifies support required by SMEs in a developing country, Sri Lanka.enE-commerceSMEsadoptiondeveloping countriesbarriersArticle10.1109/DEST.2007.371960