Adoption of E-commerce: A meta-analytical study

Abstract

on the adoption of e-commerce in the last 5 years (2014 - 2018) within the databases of Scopus and Web of Science. The research was based on a meta- analytical literature review. The type of sampling was intentional by conducting two searches: the first with the use of two keywords "E-commerce and Electronic Commerce" yielding a total of 537 scientific articles and the second with three key words "E-commerce, Electronic Commerce e -commerce adoption ", identifying 13 publications for further analysis. The most relevant results were the predominance of empirical studies on non-empirical studies, the inclination of research towards the SMEs sector and the scarce amount of studies focused on South American realities. Key