Although the literature studying software development methodologies (SDMs) lists several significant positive effects of the deployment of SDMs, investments into SDMs by the enterprises remain relatively limited. Strategic investments decisions, such as SDMs investments, are mostly taken with the goal of improving enterprise performance. In this paper a model for evaluation of the adoption of S...

Since the late 1990s, vendors of integrated management tools called ERPs (enterprise resource planning) have found their primary market, mainly large companies, is saturated. To find new customers, they have begun to market these products to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (generally with about 100 to 500 employees) (Deep, Guttridge, Dani & Burns, 2007; Muscatello, Small & Chen, 2003). Howe...

Since 2000, the Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (SMEA), Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan has started to aggressively promote “the project of establishing and maintaining Internet database and e-Business in industries” to assist Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for their application of e-Business. By 2004, it successfully encouraged 58 industry associations/labor unions/socie...

This paper elaborates on the role of computer simulations in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) collaborative robot (cobot) implementation process. The cobot process a Danish small-medium enterprise (SME) is studied challenges along way are highlighted. main discovered underutilization inefficient work cell design. argues that use with PDCA methodology can help to overcome these challenges. ca...

In recent years, corporate wikis have been increasingly adopted in enterprises. However, little research is devoted to the adoption and use of wikis in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are of high social and economic importance. The purpose of this paper is to examine the usage of enterprise wikis in SMEs and potential concerns that may hinder the diffusion of wikis in SMEs as w...

The attention of software vendors has moved recently to Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) offering them a vast range of Information Systems’ (IS) innovations including enterprise systems (ES), which were formerly adopted by large firms only. Although the number of SMEs adopting new IS innovations has increased over time, strong empirical evidence is still lacking. This paper aims to fill...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in sustainable development through generation of employment, increasing export and industrial production, social uplifting and political stability in developing economies. However, the economic turmoil witnessed in Zimbabwe in the period between 2000 and 2009 gave its hardest punch to the most vulnerable business segment which is the Small...

In this paper, a pollution regulation game model under multiple principal-agent among government, pollutant treatment enterprise and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is developed to study the pollution regulation mechanism under centralized treatment mode. The optimal regulation mechanism is obtained through theoretic and numeric analysis. It is found that with the supervision costs on pollu...

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects are considered to be expensive, time-consuming, difficult to manage and risky. This paper presents how companies should consider and manage the risks in their ERP project. The focus in a qualitative case study is on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and it illustrates how the risks in the case firms are identified, analyzed and managed.