The purpose of this study was to examine ES implementation business drivers in the new millennium and reflect on future directions for ES adoption. The study was designed to explore ‘typical’ implementations, where typical illustrates what is normal or average. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 key players in ES implementations, including ES vendors, ES consultants, IT research ...

TREAT (Teaching Realistic EDI and Telecommunications) is a practically-based education approach which uses a simulation/business game to teach participants how to use EDI for international trade. The TREAT approach has been tested initially in a university environment and, in this paper, the authors describe the process of moving TREAT into a commercial environment so that it can be tested on i...

This paper reports the findings of an exploratory empirical study that aims to primarily examine the instrumental role of relationship competency among SME entrepreneurs by utilising a comparative data from Australia and Malaysia. A sample of 20 SME entrepreneurs from Australia and Malaysia participated in this study. A series of interviews were conducted to probe into the behaviours that delin...

Background: While corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a field of study that has gained popularity in the last years, approaches small and medium enterprises’ (SME) contributions to are under debate. Moreover, studies on Romanian CSR demonstrate incremental development such practices, while business an understudied topic. In this paper we present data regarding role owner-managers shaping a...

Abstract This study offers a cross-cultural perspective to better understand how time orientation shapes owner–managers’ perceptions of innovation capability in small and medium sized enterprises (SME) tourism. We synthesise the extant literature determine SME internal external capability. Distinguishing between short- long-term cultures comparing data from Australian German, Austrian Swiss (DA...

While extant business intelligence systems (BIS) adoption research focused mainly on adoption of BIS in large-sized organizations, our understanding about the adoption determinants and the process within small and medium enterprises (SME) is still limited. The aim of our research is to identify SME-specific determinants of BIS adoption at firm level that will guide the development and testing o...

Over the last two decades the UK Government has massively expanded support for SME sector firms. Two important elements of this expansion have been the funding of intervention by commercial consultants and the provision of training schemes covering start-ups, owner-manager development and employee skills acquisition. Argues that a fresh approach is required which ensures embedding of the concep...

Studies summarized by the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development show that companies in developing countries face problems executing e-commerce strategies. To determine which barriers might be transitional and which might be persistent, a longitudinal study was conducted of companies in five Caribbean countries. Interviews were conducted with 23 companies in 2004. Interviews were re...

In this work, we discuss lessons learned over the past three years while supporting a graduate capstone course centered on research projects in industrial control system (ICS) security. Our course considers real-world problems in shipboard ICS posed by external stakeholders: a system-owner and related subject matter experts. We describe the course objectives, format, expectations and outcomes. ...