industrial perceived risk, and applying the ideas to a rapidly changing and growing market, namely microcomputers for small …, considering more suppliers and visiting the suppliers′ operations. The purchase of microcomputers by small businesses is … particularly prone to risk because of the short product life cycles of microcomputers, small businesses, lack of experience and …

manufacturing systems. Animation facilities on microcomputers provides scope for the use of simulation to facilitate the learning …

Some of the strengths and weaknesses of using microcomputers, video (disc and tape) and teleconferencing (which may …

Microcomputers, with the right software, provide a powerful tool for managers to accumulate, sort and analyse … information. The necessity for managers to understand and use microcomputers is discussed and, more importantly, managers need to …

How can microcomputers best be integrated into the business system? It depends on the type of application …. Microcomputers allow decentralisation and user autonomy. Large clerical data‐processing applications can be left unaltered, and the …” of small calculation jobs that can be done on the microcomputers, along with spreadsheet and word processing applications …