B2B transactions over public and pr

B2B transactions over public and private sectors uses the Internet as a delivery vehicle for transactions (e.g.
financial transfer, on-line exchanges, auctions, delivery of products and services ) provides more effective means
which businesses can be transacted electronically between trading partners (Zhao et al., [11]). However, B2B
research is still low compared to the B2C sector, especially in emerging countries where only a limited research
opportunities exists (Sam and Eam, [3]; Reimers,[12] ; Zhao et al., [11]). For instance, Indonesia, as one of the
emerging country has the largest amount of SMEs in South East Asia (53 million), yet Indonesia is considered
lagging behind in term o f e -Readiness (The World Economic Forum and INSEAD, [13]). The small number of B2B
e-Marketplaces in Indonesia has also indicated that Indonesian SMEs have not been an active B2B e -Business
player. Thus, it may imply that only small numbers of SMEs have Internet access, even there is lesser number of
SMEs who has indeed applied and obtained the benefits of adopting e-Business. This condition is notwithstanding
the fact that only few researches have been done to analyze the development of e -Business in Indonesia (Kartiwi,
[14]; Rokhman, [15]). Further research is needed to understand the main barriers for Indonesian SMEs in adopting
e-Business in B2B sectors. Therefore, this study is aimed to evaluate and identify the barriers that impinge
Indonesian SMEs to adopt in B2B, in order to address the low adoption rate of B2B e-Business in Indonesia.