%0 Journal Article %@ 17510252 %A Jehangir, M. %A Dominic, P.D.D. %A Langove, N. %A Khan, A. %D 2012 %F scholars:3184 %I Inderscience Publishers %J International Journal of Business Innovation and Research %N 4 %P 379-390 %R 10.1504/IJBIR.2012.047272 %T Managerial expertise, top management support and learning capacity impact on e-commerce capability and business performance %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/3184/ %V 6 %X E-commerce (EC) embraces opportunities for the business growth. However, it brings many challenges for the usage and implementation of this technology. These challenges have a significant impact on EC success. By analysing the drivers of business performance in EC from a firm's resource perspective, the author proposed three attributes of firm's human resources that are vital for business performance in EC-based business: managerial expertise, top management support and learning capability. Defining EC capability by firm's human resources it is expected that EC contributes significantly to the firms' business performance. This paper proposes a conceptual framework to find out the human resource attributes and its contribution in developing firm's EC capability which lead to better business performance. In effect, this research provides a checklist for managers and decision-makers of the organisations to utilise the human resources and redesign their strategies for the successful EC technology. Copyright © 2012 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. %Z cited By 10