# Factors Influencing Intention of Greek Consumers to Use Smart Home Technology
## 6 Conclusions, Limitations, and Future Research  
Previous studies investigated the acceptance of smart home technologies in various countries but not in Greece. Furthermore, previous studies did not consider all combinations of factors, benefits, and obstacles investigated by this study. The results of the research showed that Greek consumers recognize to some extent the usefulness of smart home technologies as well as the facilities that they provide such as monitoring and managing patients and the elderly, saving money compared to previous methods, and managingenergy consumption. Furthermore, they are attracted by smart home technology due to the financial benefits it offers, something that particularly affects the elderly who have to spend a large part of their money on their health care. On the other hand, Greek consumers seem to have a moderate level of trust in these technologies, showing that they are still not convinced about issues such as providing their data to smart service providers, while there was a moderate degree of fear of data interception. However, recognizing these benefits is not enough to adopt smart home technologies, with the major obstacles observed being a lack of knowledge about these new technologies and installation, maintenance, and repair costs as well as possible security breaches of their personal data. However, the most important factors that seem to contribute to the acceptance of smart home technology and its possible future use are the perceived level of usefulness and compatibility, factors which smart home technology suppliers and providers can use to their advantage, attracting even larger numbers of consumers. As a practical matter, providers of smart homes should provide devices that follow open standards and interoperate with each other even if they belong to different brands. Furthermore, they should advance the devices' ease of use by anyone, anywhere, and at any time. A user should interact with the devices using multiple modes in an enjoyable way without any effort. Greek consumers are getting acquainted with smart home technology although they do not seem to be convinced about issues such as providing their personal data to smart service providers. The main limitation of this study is the small sample size and the non-representativeness of the sample. The literature review showed that there are no similar studies conducted in Greece. This study can be treated as a pilot that can provide ideas and lessons for the design of a nationwide survey. The results of the present study are not directly comparable with other studies in other countries due to the different culture and socio-economics of Greek consumers from other country's consumers. Secondly, at the model level, this study has focused on the user's characteristics. However, some other factors might be included and tested, such as attributes of smart homes and subjective norms. A key recommendation for future research is to extend the study to consumers in other countries with different cultures and socio-economics, in order to identify differences between the consumers. A final recommendation for future research is to use a proportional stratified sample so that each subgroup of the sample is adequately represented throughout the research population. Conceptualization, A.A.E. ; methodology, P.P. ; software, P.P. ; validation, P.P. ; formal analysis, P.P. ; investigation, A.A.E. and P.P. ; resources, P.P. ; data curation, P.P. ; writing--original draft preparation, P.P. ; writing--review and editing, A.A.E. and P.P. ; supervision, A.A.E. ; project administration, A.A.E. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. This research received no external funding. Not applicable. Informed Consent Statement: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study. Not applicable. The authors declare no conflict of interest.