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 ...

Leveraging information is a key success factor for companies. Over the last two decades Business Intelligence (BI) has evolved to become a foundational cornerstone of enterprise decision support. However, prior research shows that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in particular, lag behind in the proliferation of BI. In this exploratory study we examine BI adoption within German SMEs i...

The demand of construction project is increasing from years to years. Therefore, survive and growth well in the industry, technology innovation need be executed by organisation as both aspects are known a weapon which helps enhancing competitive advantage. Consequently, should have awareness on absorptive capacity allow such practice possible. Absorptive critical item within order sustain, grow...

In the paper, the research subject is the ecological relationship between the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises(SMEs) and the Large-scale Enterprises(Les). From the perspective of ecology, setting up the competitive model basic on the Logistic model, and carrying out further analysis about the voluntary information disclosure of listed company, then getting the strategic choice about the volun...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Central and Eastern Europe at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s were characterised by many people exposed to hazardous working conditions. Statistics recorded a considerable increase in the number of occupational diseases. They also showed that it was more dangerous to work for a small company. The transition from planned to market economy has brought ...

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) make an important & great contribution to increase the Indian economy at best level and are a focus of improving their efficiency and competitiveness. In this research we discuss the development of a project research to investigate the suitability of Six Sigma as an improvement methodology for Indian SMEs in the Indian manufacturing sector. Large scale ...

Little research has been done on the e-business strategies of Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Smaller firms have come under increasing pressure to implement such applications but have limited resources and often lack necessary understanding to make appropriate choices. In an effort to find an approach to aid in making effective choices, we collected data from 400+ SMEs and used Import...

small and medium enterprises (smes) have distinctive characteristics that differentiate them from their larger counterparts. one of these characteristics is marketing; poor marketing skills in smes would lead to low performance and, in extreme cases, to failure. therefore, adopting a marketing strategy based on small business analysis is the fundamental requirement of any successful sme. the te...

Although large organisations have invested significant amounts of money to integrate their supply chains, the development of supply chain integration among Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) is slow-moving. For SMEs, integration is a significant problem due to high costs and technology requirements. Hence, they follow different approach to integrate their supply chains. In authors’ previo...

An increasing number of studies into the adoption behaviour of Information systems (IS) have focused on smalland medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These past studies provide an understanding of the contextual factors offering a simple dichotomous measure such as adopters and non-adopters rather than the manner of usage (from adoption to utilisation). This study introduces the construct of enacte...