This article explores the awareness and level of implementation of e-business in European small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) primarily operating in the manufacturing sector. The results of a survey of 232 small firms are used to identify the challenges and responses faced by SMEs. Finally, the author provides a research agenda and suggests paths which might be followed by such firms in se...

The use of e-commerce in small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has become an important topic in information systems research. At present, there is a large number of well-documented benefits derived from ecommerce for small-medium enterprises (SMEs) both in theoretical and practical literature. Despite the enormous attention given to encourage SMEs to adopt e-commerce both by academics as well a...

The aim of this paper is to study the management of Information Technology (IT) security in Kenyan Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Particularly, this study looks at whether SMEs have a designated employee in charge of IT security, whether SMEs seek external expertise about IT security where it is not internally available and if employees are aware that IT security incidents should be repor...

Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute a major part of the global economic activity. Due to the distinct characteristics of these enterprises, approaches to information security management that were mainly developed for larger organisations can not be feasibly applied in the context of SMEs. In this paper, we present some of the challenges impeding the implementation of information...

10 Supply Chain Forum An International Journal Vol. 12 N°3 2011 www.supplychain-forum.com Seung-Kuk Paik, Ph.D. College of Business and Economics California State University, Northridge, USA [email protected] This article presents the findings of a survey study of small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) with regard to their supply management. The main purpose of this article is to underst...

The main goal of this research is to explore the difference between the critical success factors (CSFs) of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation in large firms with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Understanding this subject can help the implementers and users of ERP systems to notice the CSFs of their particular enterprises and to improve th...