Employees Adoption of Enterprise Web 2.0: The Role of Technological Attributes. Although the adoption of Enterprise Web 2.0 within organisations is beneficial, it could meet with employeesxe2x80x99 resistance and the adoption process can be lengthy. The successful implementation of Enterprise Web 2.0 is based on employee involvement and adoption of such social technology. This paper is part of a larger research project that explored the adoption of Web 2.0 by individuals within enterprises. Using a qualitative study, the findings show that there are number of adoption influences including technological, individual and contextual issues. This paper presents Web 2.0 technological attributes that influence its adoption. The found attributes are: friendliness, reliability, mobility, technical compatibility, discoverability, transparency and Web 2.0 type.

Web 2.0 in SME networks  a design science approach considering multiperspective requirements As small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) face new challenges in a complex and dynamic competitive environment, they need to cooperate due to their restricted resources and limited capacities. Here, Enterprise 2.0 is seen as a supporting approach. To this date, there is a lack of academic publications concerning recommendations for the application of Web 2.0 artifacts in SMEnetworks. This paper aims at bridging this gap by suggesting a conceptual base following the design science approach. Based on technical and organizational requirements resulting from exploratory interviews with representatives of SMEs participating in a regional SMEnetwork, we transferxc2xa0   the requirements in a prototypic concept. This developed artifact provides a basis for a field test to evaluate the concept and for further research.