ICT Assimilation and SME Expansion Export

@misc{citeulike:4221491, abstract = {ICT is acknowledged to play an important role in the growth of enterprises by contributing directly to profitability and by providing foundations for the evolution of operations from a micro to a medium level. A number of factors play a role in the successful deployment of ICT for growth and these form a complex system encompassing environmental, technical and human factors. This paper discusses the key variables and challenges facing organisations in harnessing ICT for growth, as evidenced in the literature and through a survey of SMEs. Some of the key system dynamics are proposed. The impact and shortfall of expansion-friendly ICT policies are presented.}, author = {Matthews, Paul}, citeulike-article-id = {4221491}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.131.6474}, keywords = {business, economics, ict, sme}, posted-at = {2009-03-26 09:16:50}, priority = {2}, title = {ICT Assimilation and SME Expansion}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.131.6474}, year = {207} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:4221491 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4221491 N2 - ICT is acknowledged to play an important role in the growth of enterprises by contributing directly to profitability and by providing foundations for the evolution of operations from a micro to a medium level. A number of factors play a role in the successful deployment of ICT for growth and these form a complex system encompassing environmental, technical and human factors. This paper discusses the key variables and challenges facing organisations in harnessing ICT for growth, as evidenced in the literature and through a survey of SMEs. Some of the key system dynamics are proposed. The impact and shortfall of expansion-friendly ICT policies are presented. TI - ICT Assimilation and SME Expansion KW - business KW - economics KW - ict KW - sme AU - Matthews, Paul PY - 207/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.131.6474 ER -