Thai manufacturing SMEs have played a major role in developing Thai economy, social and employment. In this situation, they have been confronted by forceful overseas competitors, especially in lowcost producers such as China, India, Vietnam, etc. They need to upgrade organisational performance in order to increasing their international competitiveness. However, most of Thai manufacturing SMEs h...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) could benefit immensely with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems that can support their business functions and manage their organization‘s information (Seethamraju and Seethamraju 2008). However, traditional ERP are highly resource intensive for its acquisition and maintenance (Light 2001), yet, most SMEs are unable to afford them (Fuller and McLaren 2...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a model that can be used to predict which small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are more likely to become adopters of enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, SCM and e-procurement). Design/methodology/approach – Direct interviews were used to collect data from a random sample of SMEs located in the Northwest of England. Using logistic regression, 102 r...

The successful operation of companies in most industries is becoming increasingly dependent on their ability to adopt and utilise ICT systems. However, ICT adoption often requires: knowledge of business and IT, investment in IT infrastructure, plans to invest and training in new technologies and other aspects. Many companies lack these factors, resulting in a steady increase in the demand for I...

The purpose of this study is to explore the key drivers and challenges of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) adoption by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Accra Metropolis of Ghana. SMEs play a major role in developing and developed economies in job creation and diversification of economic activities. The literature shows that while there are many drivers of ICTs a...

This paper presents an empirical investigation of the critical determinants for the adoption of e-market in Australian small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) within the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework. A conceptual model is proposed for better understanding the adoption of e-market in Australian SMEs. Structural equation modelling is used for testing and validating the co...

This paper presents a critical analysis of the adoption of e-market in Australian Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) within the technology-organization-environment framework. Through surveying nine hundreds SMEs in Australia and the consequent analysis of the survey data, the paper shows that the level of adoption of e-market in Australian SMEs is still low with the dominant trend of ado...

BACKGROUND AND METHODS Workpackage 4 of EuroCareCF brought together a group of small and middle-size companies (SMEs) with strong interest in drug development for cystic fibrosis (CF). The common interest of SMEs and patient organizations (PO) in mutually beneficial cooperation was assessed. This was achieved by identifying critical unmet medical needs of CF patients and by analyzing fields of ...

The aim of our study was to provide a contribution to the research field of the critical success factors (CSFs) of ERP projects, with specific focus on smaller enterprises (SMEs). Therefore, we conducted a systematic literature review in order to update the existing reviews of CSFs. On the basis of that review, we led several interviews within German SMEs and with ERP consultants experienced wi...

Little is understood about the process of alignment of information systems (IS). While the MIT90s model presents one view of how various firm elements are involved in alignment, other research presents alternative paths. These paths are based on research in large businesses and none of the models have been applied to small firms (SMEs). Using multiple case data, this paper investigates alignmen...