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The purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting entrepreneurs’ intention to adopt Internet of Things (IoT) in Oman using UTAUT2 theory. Data for this study were collected from Omani entrepreneurs in a time period of five months. Results indicated that all hypothesized relationships are supported except for the effects of price value and effort expectancy on intention to adopt IoT.
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Nikbin, D., Abushakra, A. (2019). Internet of Things Adoption: Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Country. In: Uden, L., Ting, IH., Corchado, J. (eds) Knowledge Management in Organizations. KMO 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1027. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21451-7_30
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