Innovation is widely recognized as central to success of most companies. This paper investigates the advantages and disadvantages of the innovation process on Brazilian Small and medium enterprises (SME ́s) in the electronic sector. We used a case study and applied a detailed questionnaire. Among the principal disadvantages, we highlight a poor laboratories infrastructure and troubles for obtain...

Evidence suggests that small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have failed to capitalize on the Internet to facilitate the management of customer relations (e-CRM) and the creation of competitive advantage (Chen & Popovich, 2003; Geiger & Martin, 1999; McGowan et al., 2001; O’Toole, 2001). This is attributed to a lack of influence, time, finance and specialised knowledge, (Carson & Gilmore, 20...

It is usually difficult for companies to keep up with the development of new information technologies and adapt in face of the opportunities and threats those advances may represent. This is especially true for small and medium enterprises (SME) in emerging economies, where resources tend to be scarce and markets more volatile. This paper describes an action-research conducted in a small Brazil...

Cloud computing (CC) and open source software (OSS) both stand out to be valuable means to address prevailing requirements of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). For instance, such requirements include their demand for flexibility, scarcity of skills and money, and their operative focus. This paper investigates the case of e-commerce adoption by means of CC and OSS in a venture capital dr...

We propose a new integrated ensemble machine learning (ML) method, i.e., RS-RAB (Random Subspace-Real AdaBoost), for predicting the credit risk of China’s small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) in supply chain finance (SCF). The sample of empirical analysis is comprised of two data sets on a quarterly basis during the period of 2012–2013: one includes 48 listed SMEs obtained from the SME Board...

A strategic approach to how small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) use their marketing networks during a time of change in their operating context is the focus of this article. SME networking is analysed using the structural, relational and usage dimensions associated with network frameworks. Specifically, the paper examines marketing network processes (MNPs) that are investigated through th...

Learning technology is seen as one solution to the problem of delivering management training in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). This paper investigates how the Higher Education (HE) sector can use its growing expertise in learning technology implementation to develop effective SME management development solutions. It is found that there is potential for the development of new learnin...

currently, one of the most important challenges to smes is financing as their managers are faced with many problems in this area. in this study the barriers to smes financing were identified by using q methodology which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. after literature review and conduct of interviews with 12 executive managers of smes, 64 barriers were identified to th...