E-business Capabilities Recognition: An Empirical Research of Subjectivist Theory of Entrepreneurship

According to a subjectivist theory of entrepreneurship, we theoretically develop the idea that how the driving forces from e-business market dynamics and IT infrastructure support could promote the e-business capabilities (EBCs) recognition mediated by entrepreneurial perceptions. Drawing from a sample of 125 firms in China, we provide theoretical support for a critical causal link of identify procedure of EBCs. Results show that: (1) the driving force form e-business market dynamics promotes information sharing capability recognition only by collaboration perception of entrepreneurs and (2) the driving force form IT infrastructure support triggers information sharing capability and collaborative process capability recognition both by planning perception and IT skills perception.