Software projects need to predict the cost and effort with its associated quantity of resources at the beginning of every project. Information Mining projects are not an exception to this requirement, particularly when they are required by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). An existing Information Mining projects estimation method is not reliable for small-sized projects because it tend...

The lack of anticipated engagement in e-business by Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) is a rising concern to the UK government and service providers alike. This article is based on the e-adoption model to examine the current practice of e-business technology adoption in SMEs and the driving forces for and against the adoption. Through interviews with 40 owner managers in the electronic ...

Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute a major part of the global economic activity. Due to the distinct characteristics of these enterprises, approaches to information security management that were mainly developed for larger organisations can not be feasibly applied in the context of SMEs. In this paper, we present some of the challenges impeding the implementation of information...

This paper aims to explore the causes of financing difficulties of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises and give out corresponding solutions for handling the problem. Through building up the theoretical analytical framework of SMEs’ financing difficulties, and discussing the development of Chinese real economy in recent years and the characteristics of SMEs in China, this paper will analy...

This study aims to facilitate knowledge management for Smalland Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) by the proposed ISO 9000-based Knowledge Management System (KMS) introduction model. A Delphi study was employed to investigate critical success factors of both knowledge management and ISO 9000. The result helps SMEs easily build their KMSs.

Against a background of the low engagement of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in e-business this paper investigates the application service provider (ASP) perspective. Conducting qualitative case studies based of SMEs using hosted applications and service providers the research highlights the opportunity for ‘one to many’ service delivery to aggregations of SMEs promoted by trusted thi...

Globalisation has forced SMEs to think beyond the traditional methodology, in the present scenario Indian SMEs are facing competition from within the country as well as from other developing countries. Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a crucial role to play because of their potential contributions to employment creation, improvement of income distribution, poverty reduction, growt...

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a vital and pervasive role in the current development of Taiwan’s economy. Recently, the application of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have enabled large enterprises to have direct contact with their clients via e-commerce technology, which has led to even fiercer competition among the SMEs. This study develops and tests a theoretical m...

We study the key drivers of adoption of e-business practices by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Eastern Europe. We discuss the results of a survey of over 900 SME managers in four Eastern European countries and Cyprus. The survey was built on the basis of a framework for studying the adoption of new economy practices that captures the dynamic interrelationships between technologica...

More than 98 per cent of all European companies are small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Even though their structural characteristics are well known, neither academia nor politics have paid much attention to SMEs’ experiences in using RFID technology. Consequently, SMEs that deal with an implementation have so far only few guidelines regarding specific opportunities and risks. We try to fi...