iran’s small and medium enterprises (smes) have been widely introduced in the market these days. in the emerging trend of electronic data interchange, iran’s political, economical and social issues have been diverted to a more aggressive approach to the world of e-commerce, that despite the shadowing issues of the past, iran already internalized the promising craft of e-commerce through various...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are an important component of the economy of a country. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers tremendous opportunities for the growth and development of SMEs. A number of researchers have tried to explore and investigate issues related to the adoption of ICT. This paper reviews the studies that emphasize the need to adopt ICT in SMEs, benefits...

Against a background of the low engagement of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in ebusiness, this article investigates the impact of e-aggregation applications, provided by emerging vertical application service providers (VSPs), and defined as “an e-business application, promoted by a trusted third party, which engages a significant number of SMEs by addressing an important shared busin...

The postantibiotic effects (PAEs), postantibiotic sub-MIC effects (PA-SMEs), and sub-MIC effects (SMEs) of ceftaroline, a novel injectable cephalosporin, were determined for 15 gram-positive organisms. The pneumococcal, staphylococcal, and enterococcal PAEs were 0.8 to 1.8 h, 0.7 to 2.2 h, and 0.2 to 1.1 h, respectively. The corresponding PA-SMEs (0.4 times the MIC) were 2.5 to 6.7 h, 2.9 to >0...

Electronic Commerce (EC) is becoming an increasingly important activity in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This paper presents a model of the factors influencing the levels of EC adoption and EC success in SMEs. Case studies of five SMEs in the IT industry were used to explore two constructs in the EC literature: (1) EC adoption and (2) EC success. Both were found to be relevant and ...

The struggle of SMEs to enter the B2B marketplace is of a huge importance. Standardized communication should be seen as an asset rather than as a barrier. B2B Frameworks as standards for communication cannot be fully implemented by SMES due to the cost, organizational or managerial decisions and other factors. The power of e-marketplaces can be an option for SMEs to participate in the biggest m...

Understanding the importance of the marketing competitiveness of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as the premise, analytic hierarchy process is used and the competitiveness of SMEs in the evaluation of the marketing model is put forward in the paper. The design of index system and evaluation model of steps are discussed, it is found that the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method is an ef...

Software as Service (SaaS) model of cloud computing is currently one of the most advanced technology innovations. Due to its scalability and network-based operation, SaaS offers opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to take advantage of the latest technology without costly investment on IT infrastructure and expertise. Despite its benefits, SMEs’ adoption of SaaS is not prevalen...

This study investigates factors inhibiting the adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) by SMEs in the retail, transport and logistical (RTL) sector. A predictive model for the adoption of RFID is also proposed for SMEs in Spain. Data from the e-Business Watch was used with a sample of 252 Spanish SMEs. Five of the seven hypotheses were significantly supported: Perceived benefits, Supp...

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...