Tornatzky and Fleischer [70] proposed the TOE framework to
highlight the co-influence of various factors that affect an
organization’s decision regarding the adoption of technological
Table 1
Relevance of the proposed adoption theories within the TOE framework.
Category of contexts Popular IT/EC adoption theories
DOI RDT NCT IT
Technology **
Organization * *
Environment * * * **
** Explain many salient factors within the category.
* Explain at least one salient factor within the category.