Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 11 Issue 3

SMEs and e‐business

This paper explores a range of issues surrounding the adoption of ICT and e‐business technologies and techniques by small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). The paper reviews…

Electronic commerce strategy, operations, and performance in small and medium‐sized enterprises

Explores the electronic commerce (e‐commerce) involvement of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in terms of the strategic, operational, and performance aspects. Findings…

The provision and accessibility of small business Web sites: a survey of independent UK breweries

This paper surveys the population of independent breweries in the UK to ascertain their Web site usage and accessibility via the Internet. It finds independent breweries have…

E‐commerce adoption support and advice for UK SMEs

The small business sector of the UK economy is extremely important and the government expends considerable resources in providing support services for this sector. This paper…

Avoiding the fate of the dotbombs: lessons from three surviving dotcom start‐ups

This paper reports on research that investigates how three start‐up dotcoms, founded at the height of the Internet boom avoided joining the many dotbombs of the subsequent crash…

Identifying the adoption of e‐business and knowledge management within SMEs

This paper presents results on the extent to which e‐business and knowledge management approaches are being used by SMEs in the UK. The questionnaire survey and interview results…

A qualitative investigation of smaller firm e‐business development

A previous paper by the authors drew on existing research on e‐business and the smaller firm, developed a conceptual model and a set of research propositions. This paper analyses…

An alternative view of small firm adaptation

Increasingly, small firms with a history tied to a specific geographic location are having their survival threatened by new and innovative Web‐based entrants. This paper considers…

Farmers online: drivers and impediments in adoption of Internet in UK agricultural businesses

Farm businesses appear to have much to gain from the use of Internet technology, particularly given their spatial dispersion and typically small scale (in terms of employment and…

The e‐commerce race for Wales: another Aesop's fable?

The Office for National Statistics revealed that in 2001 Wales had the lowest number of businesses with access to the Internet compared with the rest of the UK, whilst the number…

E‐business: linking available services and entrepreneurs’ needs

Traditionally, entrepreneurs and small businesses have faced difficulties when competing with entrenched firms for customers and expanding into global markets. The World Wide Web…

The use of Web sites for SME innovation and technology support services in Wales

To stay at the forefront of new technology, small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) can be assisted through Internet and Web sites providing innovation and technology support…

E‐entrepreneurship and small e‐business development: towards a comparative research agenda

This article employs a holistic overview of the existing specialist literature in an attempt to define, clarify and discriminate between the important aspects of the ongoing…

Small Business E‐Commerce Management

Information Technology and Organizational Transformation: Solving the Management Puzzle

Place to Space: Migrating to E‐business Models

The Industrial Dynamics of the New Digital Economy

Creating the New Economy: The Entrepreneur and the US Resurgence

Internet Entrepreneurship in Europe: Venture Failure and the Timing of Telecommunication Reform