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Enterprise Architecture for Small and Medium Enterprise Growth
2011A key constraint for growing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is the business skills required to grow the enterprises through the stages of transformation. Criticism against growth stage models for SMEs is of concern, since these models contain the typical knowledge that appeals to managers of small enterprises as guidance in how to manage growth ...
Dina Jacobs +3 more
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Mobile solutions in small and medium enterprises
2016 8th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), 2016The paper concerns the problem of using and implementing mobile solutions in SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises). Some of the existing examples of mobile solutions are analyzed and characterized. A significant part of the paper is a presentation of the research on mobile solutions which can be used to manage the business activities in SMEs.
Zdzislaw Polkowski +3 more
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Requirements engineering in small and medium enterprises
Requirements Engineering, 1998Little is known about requirements engineering practices in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This paper summarises the results of a workshop on requirements engineering held with practitioners from 10 SMEs. The current state-of-the-practice, as reported by the practitioners, differs significantly, and so do their individual problems due to ...
Erik Kamsties +2 more
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TOGAF Adaption for Small and Medium Enterprises
2013Enterprise 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 efficiency. It brings many benefits, but is also associated with costs.
Rebekka Alm, Matthias Wißotzki
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Environmental Innovations in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 2002Supporting and accelerating the adoption and diffusion of environmental innovations amongst small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is a major challenge to environmental policy makers. Research suggests that whilst SMEs possess high flexibility, their innovative capacity may be limited to incremental changes within their existing technology system ...
Hansen, Ole Erik +2 more
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Partnerships and innovative patterns in small and medium enterprises
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2009This paper investigates the effects of cooperation agreements as possible drivers of innovative performance for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Drawing on the theoretical paradigm of 'open innovation' and on empirical evidence of the existence of a 'threshold to innovate', we analyse whether partnership agreements act as determinants for the
CEFIS, Elena +2 more
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IMPLEMENTING SMALL & MEDIUM IT PROJECTS IN SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES [PDF]
Network Intelligence Studies, 2014 Information technology is essential nowadays for all companies. Small enterprises are an important part of the economy and this article aims at providing some useful insight in implementing modern IT projects to their benefit. Due to the limited funding available for the IT infrastructure in most start-ups and small businesses, the projects should be ...
Felix DUMITRESCU +2 more
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Small and medium-sized enterprises
2018Sustainable Development Goal 8 declares that sustained and inclusive economic growth is necessary for achieving sustainable development. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in developing countries. They typically account for more than 90% of all firms outside the agricultural sector, constitute a major source of employment and ...
Paul Phillips, Simon Raby
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EDI and Small/Medium Enterprises
2000Small/ medium enterprises (SMEs) represent a sizeable proportion of the GDP of most western economies. Not only are they the single largest employer of both skilled and unskilled labour but they make up a large proportion of the supply chain of larger enterprises.
R. C. MacGregor, D. J. Bunker
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Open Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Abstract Open Innovation (OI) has proven to be important for the survival and growth not only of large corporations and multinationals but also of small firms and medium-sized enterprises. The way small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have to organize and manage OI is also different from that of large companies.Radziwon, Agnieszka; id_orcid 0000-0001-8491-6590 +1 more
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