Information System literature is rich in studies concerning the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on organizations. This chapter, however, focuses on a specific context: small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). It presents an up-to-date picture of the ICT employed and of the activities ICT support within Italian SMEs. Moreover, it provides results regarding the relatio...

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 ...

Small and medium enterprises' financing constraints are an important reason for its development in recent years, national policy and legal aspects are also efforts to promote the development of SMEs, the SME financing is still a lot of the biggest obstacles to entrepreneurs. In this paper, the status of financing small and medium enterprises start to analyze the reasons for its financing of the...

Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) includes the planning, management, control and improvement of enterprise architecture. The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is the best known and most trusted enterprise architecture standard used to improve the operational e ciency. It brings many benefits, but is also associated with costs. While the applicability to large enterprises is beyon...

The purpose of this study is to find the relationship between lending to Small and Medium-size Exporter Enterprises (E-SMEs) and the use of Basel II Capital Accord for the first time in the banking system of Iran. Results showed that 96.69 percent of small firms were in the very low risk category of credit portfolio. This proof explains a consistent and balanced relationship between risk- weigh...

while promoting rural economic enterprises and businesses can contribute to create and strengthen entrepreneurship, this as a crucial strategy will accelerate rural development process. through extending these businesses and strengthening entrepreneurship among rural people proper solutions can be found to combine resources both inside and outside the village. it can also assist to provide both...

small and medium enterprises (smes) are reckoned as the main player in domestic economic activities. this paper tries to contribute to the development and understanding of smes by encompassing social entrepreneurship as an empowering instrument. considering the latest thought for intellectual milieu, this paper discloses the buried interlocking principles for social entrepreneurship by islamic ...

abstract:over the past decade the economies of east asia and apec more generally have been increasinglyopening up their markets, and in the process have achieved significant gains in exports and economicgrowth. in conjunction with this increased economic integration, there has been increased recognitionby regional governments of the potential for a substantial increase in the participation by s...

for the past 3 decades, creating industrial clusters have been considered as an approach for the development of most small and medium enterprises. the goal of this programme is that all small and medium enterprises locating in a certain geoghraphic area can concentrate on cluster approach to collaborate in market research, production design, training and other activities that are not economical...