DocumentCode
3066337
Title
E-business Adoption and the Use of Strategies in Small and Medium Enterprises: Suggestions for the Progression of SMEs´ E-adoption
Author
Meckel, Matthias ; Walters, David ; Musa, Ahmed
Author_Institution
Lancashire Bus. Sch., Univ. of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
fYear
2011
fDate
29-31 July 2011
Firstpage
565
Lastpage
568
Abstract
This paper presents a classification of SMEs according to their level of e-adoption and their use of formal strategies and e-business strategies. The five distinct groups established in this classification are described and suggestions for the progression of SMEs e-adoption are given.
Keywords
electronic commerce; small-to-medium enterprises; SME e-adoption; e-business adoption; e-business strategies; formal strategies; small-and-medium enterprises; Companies; Databases; Europe; Lead; Registers; Web sites; classification; e-business; medium enterprises; small; strategy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Business Computing and Global Informatization (BCGIN), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Shanghai
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0788-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-7695-4464-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/BCGIn.2011.150
Filename
6003952
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