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REQUIREMENTS FOR BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS IN MANUFACTURING SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES

open access: yesDEStech Transactions on Engineering and Technology Research, 2018
Blockchain technology is rising towards the peak of inflated expectations according to Gartner's 2016 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. A public ledger that enables low cost, near real-time, secure and timestamped transactions in a peer-to-peer network of participants without the need for a trusted third party offers great potentials for networks ...
C. Lehmann   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Assuring the Sustainability and Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises in Botswana: An Exploratory Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
This paper explored the factors that impact the sustainability and growth of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Botswana. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to survey 348 owners/managers of small and medium-sized ...
Tadios Munodawafa   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Redistribution of China’s Green Credit Policy among Environment-Friendly Manufacturing Firms of Various Sizes: Do Banks Value Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
According to previous studies, China’s green credit policy, which was launched in 2012, increases environment-friendly manufacturing enterprises’ loan amounts. In this paper, we focus on a redistribution mechanism among environment-friendly manufacturing
Yuming Zhang, Chao Xing, D. Tripe
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploiting Two‐Photon Lithography, Deposition, and Processing to Realize Complex 3D Magnetic Nanostructures

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Two‐photon lithography (TPL) enables 3D magnetic nanostructures with unmatched freedom in geometry and material choice. Advances in voxel control, deposition, and functionalization open pathways to artificial spin ices, racetracks, microrobots, and a number of additional technological applications.
Joseph Askey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organizational learning capability, innovation and performance: study in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES)

open access: yesRAUSP: Revista de Administração da Universidade de São Paulo
Although the relation between the organizational learning capability, organizational innovation and performance has often been studied, there is little empirical evidence to support this perspective in small and medium-sized enterprises.
Giancarlo Gomes, Rafaele Matte Wojahn
doaj   +1 more source

Advanced Manufacturing Technology Adoption In SMEs: An Integrative Model

open access: yesJournal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2012
The objective of this study is to assess the critical factors which influence adoption of  Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMTs) and identify hurdles and barriers which prevent small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from accomplishing the ...
Mirmahdi Darbanhosseiniamirkhiz   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The small and medium enterprises Act as catalyst for economic growth and development in Pakistan: Economic growth and development perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper explores the value of small and medium enterprises for the economic growth and development especially in Pakistan. Moreover, it assesses the usage of information technology in SMEs sector of Pakistan.
Ali Qureshi, Muzaffar   +1 more
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Establishing Energy Efficiency—Drivers for Energy Efficiency in German Manufacturing Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
Despite strong political efforts in Europe, industrial small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seem to neglect adopting practices for energy efficiency.
Werner König   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Electro‐Active Polymer Actuated Microfiltration Membranes: Design, Performance, and Particle Dynamics

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The concept of foulant particle manipulation and detachment from active microfiltration membranes via voltage‐driven vibrations is introduced. Actuator components are initially integrated onto the filtration membranes using an airbrush spray printing technique.
Irem Gurbuz, Hanieh Bazyar, Andres Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Implementation of Cloud Docker Application Architecture Based on Machine Learning in Container Management for Smart Manufacturing

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Manufacturers are expanding their business-process innovation and customized manufacturing to reduce their information technology costs and increase their operational efficiency.
Byoung Soo Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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