Prior studies have suggested that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have unique characteristics that impact their ability to successfully implement enterprise systems. This paper analyzes three modes of delivery for enterprise systems: integrated ERP, Best of Breed (BoB), and Software as a Service (SaaS), and determines how well these delivery modes are aligned with the requirements of SMEs. ...

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is one way to improve productivity in all manufacturing companies and this is truer in mechanical Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Nevertheless the implementation of a PLM system is not an easy thing for such companies. SMEs have lots of difficulties to create the right information model in order to improve design efficiency. In this paper we propose a PLM...

SMEs in developing countries play significant role in the economic activities of those nations. SMEs provide income for many low income households especially in the informal sector. Notwithstanding their contributions, SME entrepreneurs face serious financial challenges which have led to poverty among them. For SMEs to overcome their financial challenges, Micro Finance Institutions have emerged...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important part in all economies but particularly in developing economies. Non-survivalist or growth SMEs will drive economic growth and international competitiveness whilst survivalist SMEs play an important role to alleviate poverty and provide a source of income. Although resources are particularly scarce for survivalist SMEs growth SMEs also ...

Enterprise credit rating is an important issue in finance field. Small and Medium Enterprises are playing more and more important role in world economy development. Especially, China SMEs has gained rapid development in recent years. However, financing difficulty is a predominant and common problem for the SMEs in China. It needs joint effort to solve the SMEs financing embarrassment. One of th...

a Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200025, China b Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China c Department of Immunol...

This paper presents the results of an exploratory study carried out to learn about the use and impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Oman. The study investigates ICT infrastructure, software used, driver for ICT investment, perceptions about business benefits of ICT and outsourcing trends of SMEs. The study provides an insight...

1,2BIN WU, MD, 2,3TUANQI SUN, MD, 1,2YAJIA GU, MD, 1,2WEIJUN PENG, MD, 2,3ZHUOYING WANG, MD, 2,4RUI BI, MD and 2,3QINGHAI JI Department of Radiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC), Shanghai, China Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan Univerisity, Shanghai, China Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC), Shanghai, C...

1. Doctor No 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Participated the experiment and drafted the manuscript. 2. Doctor Research Institute of General Surgery, General Hospital, Fuzhou Military Area Command of PLA, Shanghai, China. Participated the experiment and drafted the manuscript. 3. Doctor Department of Pharmacology, Shanghai Jiaotong Univer...

The Internet is changing the ways of doing business in the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of developing countries. The rapid diffusion of the Internet in China brings Chinese SMEs new business opportunities. This paper proposes a framework for studying the adoption of e-commerce in Chinese SMEs. The research model combines organizational innovation adoption literature and the theory ...