Small Innovative Business Development Experience

Building Innovative Business Ideas in Small Business Enterprises: The Case of Bird ICT Company

This study of “Bird ICT” is a case of a business development company in the field of information and communication technology (ICT). The chapter explores, describes, and examines the story and circumstances of building and managing innovative business ideas in an Egyptian small business enterprise. It specifically addresses specific circumstances, opportunities, and challenges with which a smal...

Small Business and Economic Development for Nebraska

Business Strategies in Innovative and Non-innovative Firms in Canada

This study investigates differences in the policies being pursued by innovative and non-innovative firms. It focuses on a broad group of strategies--in marketing, finance, production, management and human resources and asks whether there are key areas in which the strategies being followed by innovative and non-innovative firms differ. It also ask how the activities of firms in each of these ar...

BPM Based Robust E-business Application Development (Practical Experience Report)

Companies rely more and more on the dependability of their e-business application. E-business systems are, by their nature, heterogeneous, consisting not only of information technology component but also humanand infrastructural resources. Therefore, the assurance of a proper level of dependability has to cover all aspects of the system. In the paper, a Business Process Modeling (BPM) based app...

Application of Systems Engineering to USAF Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)

The US Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a vital element of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) portfolio. The SBIR program funds early-stage R&D projects at small technology companies that support a US Department of Defense (DoD) need and have the potential for commercialization in private sector and/or military markets. We report on research measuring the app...