Conventional supply chain management (SCM) considered only three stages: pre-manufacture, manufacture and use, while the present enterprises and specially the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) need to consider the sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) for competitive and stability in the market. It means this chain have to consider from birth to death of the products or services. S...

At present, the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises in China’s market economy has caused great concern of the whole society. Small and medium-sized enterprises financing difficulties directly affect our country to complete the “public entrepreneurship, people’s innovation” goal. There are many reasons for the financing difficulties of SMEs, such as the small and medium-sized enterpr...

The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Book review: Mobilizing resources and generating competencies: the remarkable success of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Danish business system Journal Article How to cite: Blundel, Richard (2000). Book review: Mobilizing resources and generating competencies: the remarkable success of small and mediu...

This paper investigates the role of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in the context of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). The paper reports on research findings from a case study that has been conducted in 14 SMEs, operating in steel manufacturing and woodworking. By dividing the enterprises into three different groups; medium-sized, small, and micro enterprises, this study pro...

This paper firstly introduces the E-commerce and deeply explores current status of Chinese B2B E-commerce and problems existing in small and medium-sized enterprises. Secondly, based on the study of the E-commerce, the author studies successful business model of Alibaba and Made-in-China. Finally, according to Alibaba’s and Made-in-China’s successful business model experience, the author reflec...

The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Book review: Mobilizing resources and generating competencies: the remarkable success of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Danish business system Journal Article How to cite: Blundel, Richard (2000). Book review: Mobilizing resources and generating competencies: the remarkable success of small and mediu...

Being able to control logistics on the network level demands transparency to inventory and deliveries in the whole supply network. However, the information technology (IT) solutions enabling network transparency are expensive and heavy to install and, thus, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) often find them infeasible. This paper brings forth the difficulties small and medium sized enter...

Effective use of an enterprise system may result in productivity and quality improvements, cost reductions and a better resource management but also bears non-negligible risks. Since enterprise systems usually exhibit a proliferating complexity, many small and medium-sized enterprises fail to pass this hurdle. Therefore, the imperative of this research is to develop an understanding of what inh...

The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Book review: Mobilizing resources and generating competencies: the remarkable success of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Danish business system Journal Article How to cite: Blundel, Richard (2000). Book review: Mobilizing resources and generating competencies: the remarkable success of small and mediu...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are important for all kinds of enterprises. The selection and implementation of such systems are very difficult and many projects do not meet their expectations. While large companies have financial and human resources to engage in such a project, the situation for smaller sized enterprises is different. They have only limited budget, human resources a...