During the age of globalization, change has become a general phenomenon of business environment. Managements are compelled to adapt to the change to survive. The markets are extremely competitive and if once the enterprise is rejected by the market, bouncing back is hardly possible. The SMEs of the world are facing this situation like the large firms. The SMEs of Bangladesh seem to be no except...

There is increasing attention to the importance of Enterprise Systems (ES) and Information Systems (IS) for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The same attention must be addressed in IS graduate curriculum. Studies reveal that despite healthy demand from the industry for IS management expertise, most IS graduates are ill-equipped to meet the challenges of modern organizations. The majority of...

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...

this study examines the effects of organizational culture (oc) on corporate entrepreneurship (ce) among small and medium enterprises (smes). first, some models were developed to measure organizational culture and corporate entrepreneurial activities. these models measure the key factors of oc that influence personnel to initiate ce and different entrepreneurial activities that smes applied for ...

This paper examines internationalization processes in the context of the Internet economy and presents some exploratory insights. Firstly, the impact of Internet in internationalization of SMEs including: Internet provides marketing intelligence, global sales promotion and communications, and enhances the production efficiency. But Internet is a limited tool for SMEs that intend to penetrate fo...

Modern businesses face increased levels of competitive pressure, a turbulent business environment, and there is ongoing debate as to whether IT can continue to create competitive advantage in the modern era. The study described in this paper is work-in-progress towards a PhD. The primary aim of the research is to examine the relationship between Information Systems Strategic Planning (ISSP) and...

The need for small and medium scale enterprises to utilize information and communication technology (ICT) applications to boost their business necessitated this study which bordered on assessing the extent of utilization of e-marketing applications by small and medium enterprises in South Eastern States of Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study. Two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05...