Supporting SMEs Towards E-Business Success: Exploring the Importance of Training, Competence and Stimulation
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Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) generate a substantial share of the GDP in industrial economies. The more than 20 million SMEs in Europe are an important source of new jobs and entrepreneurial activity (European Commission, 2002a, 2002b). Considerable funding has been granted to research programs targeting the development of SMEs in general and in specific areas such as the diffusion of e-business. It is assumed that success with e-business in the SME segment will increase a country’s competitiveness in the long run, and that successful adoption and use of abStract
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