Framework

TOE-I framework

The question it answers

When a small business owner is weighing up a new technology, how do technology, organisation, environment and their own entrepreneur traits shape whether to adopt it?

Origin
Nazir, Roomi and Khan, 2025
Diagram type
Hub diagram
Level of analysis
Firm
Rocket lifting off from a glass light bulb, icon for entrepreneurship and innovation

Diagram

TOE-I framework

Adoption of an innovation
Technology
Organisation
Environment
Innovation: entrepreneur characteristics

Sources

References

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  1. Nazir, M.A., Roomi, M.A. and Khan, M.R. (2025) ‘Entrepreneurial firms in the crypto era: adoption trajectories and innovation dynamics’, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 32(8), pp. 18–53.doi:10.1108/JSBED-11-2024-0580Source page