Table 5

Context of ISO/IEC 27001

Main themes/research resultsRelevant papers (evidence: C = conceptual; E = empirical)
Country
Adoption driven by regulatory/promotion activitiesCots and Casadesús (2015) (E), Dionysiou (2011) (C), Everett (2011) (C), Gillies (2011) (E), Khajouei et al. (2017) (E), Ku et al. (2009) (E), Lomas (2010) (C), Ozkan and Karabacak (2010) (C), Serrado et al. (2020) (E), Smith et al. (2010) (E), Ţigănoaia (2015) (C), Van Wessel et al. (2011) (E)
Higher adoption in export-driven countriesDionysiou (2011) (C), Gillies (2011) (E), Ku et al. (2009) (E), Van Wessel et al. (2011) (E)
Implementation/compliance affected by cultural factorsAsai and Hakizabera (2010) (E), Ku et al. (2009) (E), Topa and Karyda (2019) (C), Van Wessel et al. (2011) (E)
MNEs pursue formal implementation only in selected countriesHeston and Phifer (2011) (E)
Size
SMEs have lower ISS awarenessDionysiou (2011) (E), Gillies (2011) (E), Mirtsch et al. (2021) (E)
Different implementation issues related to organizations' sizeAl-Karaki et al. (2020) (C), Deane et al. (2019) (E), Dionysiou (2011) (E), Gillies (2011) (E), Mirtsch et al. (2021) (E), Smith et al. (2010) (E), Stewart (2018) (C)
Greater increase in market value in small public companies upon certification announcementDeane et al. (2019) (E)
Industry
Higher adoption rates in regulated/information-intensive industriesAkowuah et al. (2013) (C), Deane et al. (2019) (E), Dionysiou (2011) (C), Everett (2011) (C), Heston and Phifer (2011) (C), Itradat et al. (2014) (C), Mirtsch et al. (2021) (E), Mukhtar and Ahmad (2014) (C), Serrado et al. (2020) (E)
Standard seen applicable only to highly digitalized organizationsCrowder (2013) (E), Liao and Chueh (2012a) (C), Liao and Chueh (2012b) (C), Lomas (2010) (E)
Certification perceived as a source of competitive differentiation in some industriesCrowder (2013) (E), Ku et al. (2009) (E)
Other
Emerging technological trajectories need more specific approachesBeckers et al. (2013) (C), Beckers et al. (2016) (C), Bounagui et al. (2019) (C), Culot et al. (2019) (E), Leszczyna (2019) (C), Lomas (2010) (C), Park and Lee (2014) (C), Raabi et al. (2020) (C)
Characteristics of the organizational cultureAl-Karaki et al. (2020) (C), Asai and Hakizabera (2010) (E), Broderick (2006) (C), Dionysiou (2011) (E), Dos Santos Ferreira et al. (2018) (E), Everett (2011) (C), Gillies (2011) (E), Itradat et al. (2014) (E), Kossyva et al. (2014) (C), Ku et al. (2009) (E), Liao and Chueh (2012a) (E), Mirtsch et al. (2021) (E), Simić-Draws et al. (2013) (C), Smith et al. (2010) (E), Stewart (2018) (C), Ţigănoaia (2015) (C), van Wessel et al. (2011) (E)

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