The assimilation of E‐business in manufacturing SMEs: Determinants and effects on growth and internationalization

L Raymond, F Bergeron, S Blili - Electronic Markets, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
In order to become 'world‐class' enterprises, manufacturing SMEs have made sizable
investments in Internet‐related technologies as the infrastructure for e‐business …

Communities of enterprise: developing regional SMEs in the knowledge economy

C Mason, T Castleman, C Parker - Journal of Enterprise Information …, 2008 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper proposes the concepts of communities of enterprise (CoEs) and virtual
communities of enterprise (VCoEs) to describe business networking patterns in regional …

Potential of critical e-applications for engaging SMEs in e-business: a provider perspective

DH Brown, N Lockett - European Journal of Information Systems, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Against a background of the low engagement of small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) in e-business, this paper investigates the emergence of, and potential for, critical e …

Digital transformation and enterprise sustainability: the moderating role of regional virtual agglomeration

J Yang, R Wu, H Yang - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
As digital transformation reshapes the world, businesses are becoming increasingly
concerned about its impact. This study examines the regional data of 29 provinces and cities …

Analysis of Web 2.0 enabled e-clusters: A case study

D Adebanjo, R Michaelides - Technovation, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the applicability and opportunities that emerging participation-based
internet technologies (Web 2.0) afford to digitally clustered companies. In particular, it …

Small and medium-sized enterprises as technology innovation intermediaries in sustainable business ecosystem: interplay between AI adoption, low carbon …

M Roux, S Chowdhury, P Kumar Dey… - Annals of Operations …, 2023 - Springer
Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role as innovation intermediaries
(IIs) in supply chains (SCs) by adopting emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence …

E-commerce trading activity and the SME sector: an FSB perspective

D Pickernell, P Jones, G Packham… - Journal of Small …, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–This study aims to examine e-commerce within UK small and medium sized
enterprises (SMEs). More specifically, it seeks to explore associations between e-commerce …

Research on the impact of manufacturing virtual agglomeration on green total factor productivity of enterprises under the Sustainable Development Goals

Q Zhang, S Ru, H Huang - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024 - Springer
Virtual agglomeration of manufacturing has become a new driving force for improving the
green total factor productivity of enterprises, which is of great significance in achieving the …

IS/IT outsourcing practices of small-and medium-sized manufacturers

FH Rohde - International Journal of Accounting Information …, 2004 - Elsevier
Firms began outsourcing information system functions soon after the inception of electronic
computing. Extant research has concentrated on large organizations and large-valued …

What Causes the Virtual Agglomeration of Creative Industries?

X Chen, C Liu, Y Jiang, C Gao - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The agglomeration paradigm for creative industries has fundamentally changed under the
digital economy, giving rise to a new form of virtual agglomeration within these industries …