Multilingual communication over the Internet has the potential to facilitate e-business, especially among small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in the travel and tourism industry, which is at the forefront of cross-cultural interaction. A pragmatic methodology is introduced to enable innkeepers and travelers to correspond in their own preferred language. Using a prototype system called “Tige...

The current dynamic and turbulent business environment has forced companies that are competing in global markets to change their traditional methods of conducting business. Recent developments in applying Information Technology (IT) offer the most exciting business opportunities in the marketplace. Organizations must re-evaluate every aspect of their strategies and quickly move to a working mod...

Institutional involvement has been determinant in the diffusion of technological innovations, however little attention has been given to institutional intervention in the adoption and diffusion of e-commerce in SMEs. This study investigates the role of government in the adoption and diffusion of e-commerce in small and medium size enterprises. King et al. (1994) framework of institutional facto...

Smallto medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often lack the resources and knowledge to strategically adopt information and communication technologies (ICTs). Governments across the world have acknowledged this issue by designing intervention programs aimed specifically at the SMEs sector. Recent research on government intervention in SMEs’ ICT adoption has tended to focus on the role of technologica...

Integration technologies like Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and Web Services allow organisations to collaborate with their partners, increase flexibility and gain competitive advantages. Despite the benefits that the integration of Information Systems (IS) can offer to enterprises, little attention has paid on the adoption of integration software by Small to Medium Sized Enterprises ...

In order to improve the performance of extended enterprises, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) must be integrated into the extended networks. This integration must be carried out on several levels which are mastered by the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). But, PLM is underdeveloped in SMEs mainly because of the difficulties in implementing information systems. This paper aims to propose a ...

A limitation of recent work in the analysis of information systems strategies (ISS) for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) is the tendency to focus exclusively on organisational resources as being the only source of competitive advantage. In some knowledge-based SMEs, ISS involves competitive advantage being obtained through a variety of mechanisms. These mechanisms include interfirm relationsh...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been receiving less focus from the software vendors than large enterprises (LEs). Research on the implementation of ERP in certain European countries shows that the job of implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning package (ERP) is a riskier business for SMEs than for LEs. This paper presents a methodology for efficient implementation of ERP solutions ...

Recent research has demonstrated the existence of a positive relationship between IT investment and productivity in the context of large firms. However, the validity of such relationship for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has not yet been established. The issue is of critical importance for SMEs, which suffer a constant struggle for survival due to the absence of slack resources and high c...

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 ...