, the SME "Cinderella" has been increasingly attracting the attention of SMEs specialists and agencies because, after … technologies can function as drivers to increase SMEs' efficiency and productivity in the current global economy. The grand players … in the IT industry have been increasingly considered SMEs. "Heavy" names such as IBM, Oracle, Compaq or Microsoft are …

The purpose of this study is to gather information about the use of ICTs among SMEs by firm size and industry sector … empirical analysis is based on a joint methodology of fully structured questionnaires and personal interviews in 54 Greek SMEs …

In Bangladesh, SMEs are very important players in the economy. About 90 per cent of all industrial units in Bangladesh … are SMEs, which generate some 25 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), employ about 31 million people and provide … 75 per cent of household income. There is no denying that SMEs act as the driver of the economy and are very important …

transaction costs and regulatory burden for traders, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). …

(SMEs) in international transactions. There is an increasing amount of substantial literature on TF and equally wide …

The main purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview and the context of the country studies on IT in TF in SMEs …. Following this introductory clarification of the differing views about the importance of IT in TF, where the interests of SMEs …

Section A of this chapter deals with the role of SMEs in exports while section B details evolution in the use of IT for … cargo clearance. Section C examines the impact of IT trade facilitation measures on SMEs. Section D presents stakeholder …

potential role of the Inter American Development Bank in promoting the use of ICT by small and medium businesses. Information …

component analysis technique (PCA), the female owned SMEs becomes statistically insignificant, as well as the ICT index. This … access and use of ICT. In Brazil, however, neither gender nor ICT played any role in the profitability of SMEs. However, as …This research paper aims to present a comparative empirical study, to investigate the impact that ICT plays on …

potential role of the Inter American Development Bank in promoting the use of ICT by small and medium businesses. Information …