Managing information technology in small business challenges and solutions /

"This book presents research in areas such as IT performance, electronic commerce, internet adoption, and IT planning methodologies and focuses on how these areas impact small businesses"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Burgess, Stephen, 1958-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Information technology in small business / Stephen Burgess
  • 2. Adoption and use of computer technology in Canadian small businesses / Linda Duxbury, Yves Decady, Angel Tse
  • 3. Information systems development outcomes / M. Hunter
  • 4. Information system check-up as a leverage for SME development / Aurelio Ravarini ... [et al.]
  • 5. Modeling technological change in small business / Arthur Tatnall
  • 6. Unique challenges for small business adoption of information technology / M. Hunter ... [et al.]
  • 7. Franchising and information technology / Ye-Sho Cehn, Robert Justis, P. Chong
  • 8. Use of decision support systems in small businesses / Yangqing Duan, Russell Kinman, Mark Xu
  • 9. Computer security in small businesses : an example from Slovenia / Borut Werber
  • 10. Factors inhibiting the collaborative adoption of electronic commerce among Australian SMEs / Kristy Lawrence
  • 11. Web initiatives & e-commerce strategy / Ron Craig
  • 12. The role of SMEs in promoting electronic commerce in communities / Celia Romm, Wal Taylor
  • 13. Strategies for consultancy engagement for e-business development : a case analysis of Australian SMEs / Shirley Bode, Janice Burn
  • 14. Building the professional services e-practice / Dieter Fink
  • 15. How a procedural framework would assist SMEs in developing their e-business strategy / Anthony Stiller
  • 16. Management's contribution to internet commerce benefit - experiences of online small businesses / Simpson Poon
  • 17. Options for business-to-consumer e-commerce in developing countries / Robert Klepper, Andrew Carrington
  • 18. Electronic commerce opportunities, challenges and organizational issues for Australian SMEs / Mohini Singh
  • 19. Training for e-commerce success in SMEs / Yanqing Duan, Roisin Mullins, David Hamblin.