‘Risky business’: Perceptions of e-business risk by UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Highlights：

• What to invest in, and how much to invest, are critical decisions for any enterprise considering e business solutions.

• Need for greater understanding of e-business investment decisions in SMEs.

• Need to examine whether the number of years of using e-business technologies; the IT experience and knowledge of the respondent (based on their role within the SME) and the industry type influence perceptions of risk when making e-business related decisions.

• List of risk-issues to help inform SME owner/managers reflecting on whether or not to invest in technology is presented.

• Using the psychometric approach alongside more mathematical and technical approaches to assist SMEs regarding e-business risk to make better informed decisions is needed.