In the new globalisation context the competition for expanding to new markets becomes sharper for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. We answer their information needs by building the AMI-SME system. The AMI-SME system is an ontology-based system for the management of marketing information. In the context of this system we show how specially built domain ontologies aid the organization of Small...

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...

construction small and medium-sized enterprises (CSMEs) using system dynamics and collaborative technologies In: Raidén, A B and Aboagye-Nimo, E (Eds) Procs 31 st Annual ARCOM Conference, 7-9 September 2015, Lincoln, UK, Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 1177-1186. MANAGING THE COMPLEXITY OF INFORMATION FLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION SMALL AND MEDIUMSIZED ENTERPRISES (CSMES) USING S...

Although many production scheduling systems are developed, it is difficult to introduce for medium-sized enterprises, because of high cost of initial and maintenance investment. However the functions provided by it, such as available-to-promise under the restrictions of the own process, resource leveling and so on, are required by all of the enterprises to make their profits. The concept of "sp...

This paper presents a case study in which we identified problems end users have with their software systems and how they try to solve these problems. The case study is part of a bigger research project, in which we develop appropriate end user development tools for enterprise resource planning systems of small and medium sized enterprises. During our study, we carried out several interviews wit...

Selecting ERP software is a key strategy for enterprises to fully succeed in ERP practice. In this paper, the problem of Chinese medium-sized and small enterprises software selection is a lack of scientific and reliable choosing method, which is mentioned firstly. By combining the features of medium-sized and small enterprises, a special ERP software valuation index system is established based ...

Cleaner Production is a comparatively new approach to dealing with environmental concerns and grasping the opportunities arising from those challenges. It aims at avoiding the generation of waste and emissions, by making more efficient use of materials and energy, through modifications in the production processes, input materials, operating practices and/or products and services. Although Clean...

The maturity and security management systems are essential in order to guarantee the continuity and stability of the companies in the current market situation. However, this requires that enterprises know in every moment their security maturity level and to what extend their information security system must evolve. In small and medium-sized enterprises, the application of security standards has...

Models of organizational learning must be adapted to network enterprises, virtual enterprises, and other new organizational forms enabled by information technology. Since it is increasingly among these enterprises that e-commerce activity occurs, organizational learning is a requisite for reaping the benefits they offer and avoiding the pit falls. A model was developed and validated based on a ...

the main purpose of this research was to determinate the factors effective on environmental attitude of owners and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) by using structural equation modeling. according to the data from agriculture department of two counties, small and medium-sized enterprises were estimated at 540 units. using cochran’s formula determined the sample & 202 owners...