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In this paper we will report our development of digital manufacturing toolbox which supports small and medium-sized enterprises in their cognitive and practical production development processes. The toolbox — or a set of tools — is part of a more extensive toolbox of supports for companies, which is developed as an essential part of the TARGET — Making Regional Manufacturing Globally Competitive and...
With the advent of globalization and the knowledge-based economy, industrial SMEs must constantly innovate to remain competitive. Now, an important research issue in this regard concerns the role played by IT capabilities in enabling innovation processes such as new product development, and in determining the product innovation performance of these organizations. Using a configurational approach grounded...
Knowledge Management (KM) program are profound among big organisations as it stimulates innovations. Innovation is crucial to ensure organisation's survival in this globalised world. Innovation is especially important for SMEs to remain competitive. Hence, the main aim of this study is to examine the readiness for innovation to the adoption of knowledge management among SMEs in Malaysia. This research...
To develop in the increasingly fierce competitive environment for enterprise, technology innovation is indispensable. This thesis analyzed the industrial efficiency of SMES technology innovation with the method of factor analysis. The Analysis Results can show the industrial internal potential and management level, and discover some existing problems in every industry. So as to give certain reference...
SMEs are the largest number of exporters in Australia and export is often their first internationalisation effort. However SMEs mainly do not export regularly and they often export less than once a year. In addition there is a low adoption of export with less than 5% of all SMEs involved in Australia. By understanding those involved in export initiation and using innovation theories there may be other...
SMEs are confronting with huge challenge in the economic environment of global financial crisis. It is urgent to improve enterprise's innovation ability through converting traditional innovation mode to modern innovation of integrated technology mode. In this paper, we point out some problems in the development of SMEs' in the back ground of development situation of SMEs in Henan province. In the...
We explore the effects of formal and informal links on innovation outcomes as well as their interaction with size and internal coordination capacity of the firm. The research also contributes to the debate about the effects of public and private links on innovation in SMEs and large firms. We use data for 4,820 firms in Colombia, and ZIP models, since a large proportion of firms report zero innovations...
Innovation capability driven by technology has been considered as a key factor for business growth. While numerous studies pay attention on this object, the relation between technological innovation and the growth of Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) still requires clarification and further understanding. The aim of this paper is thus to clarify and better investigate the impact of technological...
In recent years, information technology (IT) and innovation were considered important for enhancing the performance and competitiveness. However, the relationship between IT, innovation and firm performance has not been thoroughly discussed in the past ten years. Besides, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) occupy the great proportion of the total number of enterprises in the world, and most...
The Internet brings more opportunities for SMEs. Through the analysis on the problems presently existing in SMEs' e-commerce, this paper discusses the management innovation countermeasures for SMEs' e-commerce, which will contribute active significance for SMEs that currently account for over 99% of Chinese enterprises to engage in e-commerce construction.
The decision to adopt innovations has been investigated using both international patterns and behavioral theories. In this work, an agent-based (AB) model is created to study the spreading of innovation in enterprises (namely, the adoption of Information Technology outsourcing). The paradigm of AB simulation makes it possible to capture human factors, along with technical ones. This makes it possible...
Innovation is high on every managerpsilas agenda today. Innovation is seen as a key differentiator in markets that are increasingly hard-fought; it is destined to become ever more so as competitive pressures increase across all industry sectors. Innovation separates the winners from the also-rans. It manifests itself in a variety of forms. Innovation can drive new service and product offerings, but...
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