Free/Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning (FOS-ERP) software is an emerging phenomenon having the potential to revolutionize the ERP market worldwide. This chapter focuses on the FOS-ERP market for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and aims at informing managers, scholars, students and researchers of the opportunities and the related risks for SMEs wishing to adopt and implement a F...

Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs)1 play significant roles in the economy of many countries by providing employment opportunities and supporting large-scale firms. According to the literature (Chau & Jim, 2002; KIMI, 2002; OECD, 1997; Towler, 2002), SMEs comprise 99.7%, 92%, 90%, 98% and 99.7% of the enterprises in the US, Singapore, the UK, Hong Kong, and the Republic of Korea (hereafter...

Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are an important sector of the economy and in some countries constitute more than 90% of businesses (OECD, 2002). The management issues, problems and opportunities faced by SMEs are very different from those faced by large corporations, therefore the need to focus specifically on this segment. In this paper the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) defin...

The capabilities of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to integrate all the business functions needed in a single system with a shared database efficiently and effectively has persuaded organizations to adopt them. In enterprise environment, successful ERP implementation has played a vital role for organizational efficiency. In this respect critical success factors (CSFs) have been id...

Small and medium enterprise(SME) have always been an interesting subject for research. In comparison to larger business organizations, SMEs faced many challenges including how they manage daily marketing activities and make marketing related decision. This study compiles the related literature review on the issues of traditional marketing and entrepreneurial marketing. Purpose: This study aims ...

The objective of this study is to identify the factors that will make e-commerce adoption a sustainable one in a developing country like India. Using secondary research, variables that influence decision for e-commerce adoption were determined. Then using primary research, these variables were tested in different small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Odisha, India. Data from 50 organizations w...

for the past 3 decades, creating industrial clusters have been considered as an approach for the development of most small and medium enterprises. the goal of this programme is that all small and medium enterprises locating in a certain geoghraphic area can concentrate on cluster approach to collaborate in market research, production design, training and other activities that are not economical...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system outcomes in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Most of the former research on ERP outcomes is based on data from large enterprises, and this study examines how the SME context affects the ERP system outcomes and the related evaluation practices. The paper reports findings from a multiple...

One of the biggest challenges for organizations implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is to find the right fit between the processes embedded in the system and the existing organizational business processes. “Conventional wisdom” founded on studies from large enterprises holds that ERP systems should be implemented without customization. However, studies of ERP system implem...

Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) have an important impact on the development of new economy but SMEs have a need for venture capital (VC) and initial public offerings (IPOs) in order to grow. Therefore, It is very important to know how owners, managers and employees in the SMEs perceive the VC and IPOs in Turkey. A questionnaire is developed to understand these types of perceptions via ...