SMEs and E-Business

External Support ◽

Communications Technology

The adoption of E-Business by SMEs is a critical issue for economic development. More than 90% of world companies are SMEs and E-Business is widely recognized as a critical source of competitive advantage. Thus, it is important to understand why SMEs are lagging behind large firms in terms of E-Business adoption and assimilation. This chapter will attempt to search for explanations through a comprehensive analysis of main topics in terms of E-Business implementation, strategies and policy. It is believed that the inadequacy of existing E-Business adoption incentives and theoretical models may be due to SME specificity, as these companies are conditioned among other by resource availability and high CEOs/owners’ dependency. Empirical evidence shows that SMEs have erratic behaviors in terms of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) investment and need external support to integrate E-Business in the overall strategy of the firm.

Flexible networking, information and communications technology and local economic development

First Monday ◽

10.5210/fm.v4i2.649 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Michael Gurstein

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Local Economic Development ◽

Communications Technology

Taiwan's Economy: An Economic Recession in the Making

East Asian Policy ◽

10.1142/s1793930516000118 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 08 (01) ◽

pp. 128-143

Author(s):

Chien-Hsun CHEN

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Growth Rate ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

Industrial Structure ◽

Economic Recession ◽

Technology Sector

Taiwan experienced a sharp deceleration in economic growth in the second quarter of 2015. If Taiwan's exports continue to deteriorate, Taiwan would have to struggle to maintain a one per cent growth rate. Taiwan's economic conundrums mainly lie with its deteriorating industrial structure. Without deepening industrial structural upgrades and reforms in the information and communications technology sector in particular, Taiwan will lose its international competitive advantage.

Factors that inhibit economic development in the information and communications technology industry at the regional level

Management Decision ◽

10.1108/00251740510589724 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 43 (3) ◽

pp. 317-330 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

James M. Henson

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Regional Level ◽

Technology Industry

General Requirements for Digital Government

Electronic Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.ch008 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 98-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nicolae Costake

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Present Article ◽

Economic Systems ◽

Digital Government ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

Modern Information ◽

Points Of View

“Digital government” (DG), “online government,” “e-government (eGvt),” and “e-governance (eG)” are widely used terms. They suggest the use of modern information and communications technology (ICT) in the governance of socio-economic systems (SES). It is widely accepted that the goal consists in increasing the performance of the governance. This can be considered in the sense of improving the services provided to citizens and organizations and also of improving the socio-economic development. There are still various points of view concerning the scope and strategy. The purpose of the present article, based on existing results and trends, is to propose a set of general requirements for the informatized governance of socio-economic systems.

Information and Communication Technology for SMEs' Competitiveness

Start-Ups and SMEs ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-1760-4.ch052 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1006-1022

Author(s):

Neeta Baporikar

Keyword(s):

Gross Domestic Product ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

Employment Opportunities ◽

Competitive Firm ◽

The People ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Role Of Information

Competitiveness of a firm is its capacity to achieve its targets. These targets are likely to be expressed in a variety of terms depending on the context (Barney 2002). Within a macroeconomic perspective, a competitive firm develops and sustains a level of performance that contributes to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment opportunities, and the wealth of the people. From an entrepreneurial perspective, a competitive firm needs to survive in the market and to achieve market share and profitability. This paper deliberates regarding the theory of competitive advantage and discusses the role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for augmenting SMEs' competitiveness.

Competitive Advantages of Cross-Border M&As to Non-Location-Bound Chinese ICT Firms

10.5772/intechopen.94032 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Yan Chen ◽

Fei Li ◽

Jaime Ortiz ◽

Wenbo Guo

Keyword(s):

Competitive Advantage ◽

Home Country ◽

Emerging Market ◽

Crowding Out ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Technology Firms ◽

Cross Border ◽

D Investment

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) undertaken by emerging market firms have been associated with competitive advantage. However, little research has focused on the transferability of this enhanced competitive advantage. Even less is known about the role played by state-owned enterprises. This paper investigates whether Chinese information and communications technology firms that undertake cross-border M&As can improve their non-location bound competitive advantage. We used cross-border data between 2010 and 2017 and propensity-score matching and differences-in-differences approaches. We found that cross-border M&As significantly improve the home-country-bound competitive advantage. However, the effect on non-location bound competitive advantage is not significant. From the perspective of impact mechanism, this is due to a crowding-out effect of cross-border M&As on research and development (R&D) investment which inhibits non-location bound advantages. It also results from state-owned enterprises which are generally considered to have institutional advantages, not effectively using cross-border M&As to enhance their competitive advantages. This research distinguishes and quantifies home-country-bound competitive advantage and non-location bound competitive advantage and establishes a framework for how cross-border M&As enhance enterprise competitive advantage. It provides an explanation for the extant research on whether state-owned enterprises can enhance their competitive advantage through cross-border M&As, and what kind of advantage they attain.

General Requirements for Digital Government

Encyclopedia of Digital Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-789-8.ch130 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 859-868 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

N. Costake

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Present Article ◽

Economic Systems ◽

Digital Government ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

Modern Information ◽

Points Of View

“Digital government” (DG), “online government,” “e-government (eGvt),” and “e-governance (eG)” are widely used terms. They suggest the use of modern information and communications technology (ICT) in the governance of socio-economic systems (SES). It is widely accepted that the goal consists in increasing the performance of the governance. This can be considered in the sense of improving the services provided to citizens and organizations and also of improving the socio-economic development. There are still various points of view concerning the scope and strategy. The purpose of the present article, based on existing results and trends, is to propose a set of general requirements for the informatized governance of socio-economic systems.