Title :
Social networks sites adoption at firm level: A literature review
Author :
Martins, Joao ; Goncalves, Ricardo ; Pereira, J. ; Oliveira, T. ; PeÌrez Cota, Manuel
Author_Institution :
Univ. de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
Abstract :
The current technological and social Era in which our society lives, provides for the necessary background in order for Social Networks Sites (SNS) to be considered an essential and very relevant tool not only for individual social interaction, but also for firms to perform business activities. By analyzing the existent literature on the SNS adoption at firm level, the authors perceived the existence of a knowledge gap on this topic, thus creating the need for a SNS related literature review. In this paper, we present a systematic literature review on the SNS topic, mainly focusing the efforts towards the adoption of this technology at firm level. Some final considerations on future research are also presented in the final section of the article.
Keywords :
business data processing; social networking (online); SNS adoption; business activities; firm level adoption; knowledge gap; social era; social interaction; social networks sites; technological era; Context; Customer relationship management; Information systems; Media; Social network services; Web 2.0; Literature Review; SNS Adoption; Social Networks Sites; Technology Adoption;
Conference_Titel :
Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2014 9th Iberian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
DOI :
10.1109/CISTI.2014.6876910