Mohd Fazli Mohd Sam|Yasuo Hoshino|Md. Nor Hayati Bin Tahir
The Adoption of Computerized Accounting System in Small Medium Enterprises in Melaka, Malaysia
Technical University of Malaysia Malacca|Aichi University|Aichi University|Technical University of Malaysia Malacca
increasing competition highly demands globalization malaysia government attempt small medium enterprise sme development innovative competitive high technologycomputerized accounting system cas adoption may decisive factor organization success also survivethis research project aimed investigate sme practice cas identify factor affecting adoption among smes melakaa survey carried set questionnaires examine ceo innovativeness factors scale perceive usefulness factors scale perceive ease use factors scale business competitivenessthe sample selected comprised ceos smes three districts melaka namely melaka tengah alor gajah jasinthe data gathered coded analyzed using descriptive statistics linear regression analysis pearson correlation analysis analysis variance anovathis study reveals cas adoption rate smes melaka highresults analysis also shown significant independent variables proved relationships substantiated dependent variable contribute usage cas adoption smes melakathe findings indicate ceo innovativeness perceive ease use business competitiveness negatively correlated adoption casresults reveals perceive usefulness significantly positive correlated cas adoptiontherefore deduced adoption cas among smes melaka caused usefulnessthe findings reveal types business business location influence adoption cashowever size paid capital sales turnover number employee influence adopterresults also indicate ceo literacy ict accounting cas influence responded ceo adopt cas businesshowever advantages using accounting systems software fully utilized cas adopters