insights into the current state of the digital economy and the ability of SMEs to leverage information and communication …Introduction -- Growth of the digital economy -- Digital economy components -- SMEs industry -- Digital divide and SMEs … -- E-Readiness and its assessment -- E-Readiness assessment methods and tools -- E-Readiness of SMEs -- E …

, gender of CEO, and education level of CEO as driving forces for e-commerce adoption. Results show that regional SMEs in … developed countries have low e-commerce adoption rates, and strategic alliances by SMEs play a key role in overcoming the low …SMEs and electronic commerce -- General research methodology and procedures -- Profile of SMEs in Sweden, Australia …

This book addresses eCommerce issues in small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a global setting. The book aims at … SMEs and hence, interested in addressing issues pertaining to theory and to practice. …-commerce and SMEs / Simpson Poon, Xueli Huang -- 3. Small businesses as social formations / Tanya Castleman -- 4. Business issues …

1. Measuring the impact of an ERP project at SMEs : a framework and empirical investigation / Maria Argyropoulou …, George Ioannou, Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos, Jaideep Motwani -- 2. Information system conversion in SMEs / Efrem G. Mallach -- 3 … manufacturing in SMEs / Pritish Halgeri, Roger McHaney, Z.J. Pei -- 6. A forecasting concept for virtual organisations supporting …

education / Juha Kettunen, Mauri Kantola -- 7. The beginnings of a postal e-marketplace : innovation or natural evolution? The …14. A prototype e-business model to create a competitive advantage in SMEs / S. Pavic, M. Simpson, S.C.L. Koh -- 15 …

the world. It points to some of the impending issues concerning e-commerce in SMEs, and highlights the need to do … web presence of SMEs : an empirical approach to e-business / Fernando Alonso Mendo, Guy Fitzgerald -- 3. The development … of web sites : objectives of Australian SMEs / Xueli Huang, Elaine K. F. Leong -- 4. SMEs ECT reality : from ad …

Australian SMEs / Kristy Lawrence -- 11. Web initiatives & e-commerce strategy / Ron Craig -- 12. The role of SMEs in promoting …-business development : a case analysis of Australian SMEs / Shirley Bode, Janice Burn -- 14. Building the professional services e …-practice / Dieter Fink -- 15. How a procedural framework would assist SMEs in developing their e-business strategy / Anthony Stiller …

Enterprises / Michelle Rowe, Janice Burn -- The Role of Small Business Strategic Alliances in Small/Medium Enterprises (SMEs …) / Robert MacGregor, Lejla Vrazalic -- E-Business Standardization in the Automotive Sector: Role and Situation of SMEs / Martina …