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Alismaili, Salim Zahir, Mengxiang Li, Jun Shen, Pu Huang, Qiang He, and Wu Zhan. "Organisational-Level Assessment of Cloud Computing Adoption." Journal of Global Information Management 28, no. 2 (April 2020): 73–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2020040104.
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Cloud Computing (CC) is an emerging technology that can potentially revolutionise the application and delivery of IT. There has been little research, however, into the adoption of CC in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). The indicators show that CC has been adopted very slowly. There is also a significant research gap in the investigation of the adoption of this innovation in SMEs. This article explores how the adoption of CC in Australia is related to technological factors, risk factors, and environmental factors. The study provides useful insights that can be utilised practically by SMEs, policymakers, and cloud vendors.
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Hosseini, M. Reza, Nicholas Chileshe, Jian Zuo, and Bassam Baroudi. "Adopting global virtual engineering teams in AEC Projects." Construction Innovation 15, no. 2 (April 7, 2015): 151–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ci-12-2013-0058.
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Purpose – This study aims to present an integrated conceptual model in order to highlight the major aspects of diffusion of innovations in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) context. To this end, a critical review of literature is conducted, accompanied by synthesising the findings of previous studies. The driving force behind this study is stemmed from the fragmentation of literature on innovation diffusion, and paucity of research on diffusion of Global Virtual Engineering Teams (GVETs) as the platform for many technological innovations in relevant literature. Thus, the present study is intended to facilitate filling the gap in GVETs literature. That is, the proposed model will offer a foundation for academia for grounding studies on any innovation including GVETs in the literature on innovation diffusion in the AEC context. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws upon the qualitative meta-analysis approach encompassing a critical review of the relevant literature. To this end, the review builds upon studies found within 15 prestigious journals in AEC. The domain of this review was confined to areas described as “innovation”, “innovation diffusion” and “innovation adoption”, along with keywords used within a broad review of recently published GVETs literature. The rigour of review is augmented by incorporating 35 authoritative works from other disciplines published in 21 well-known journals in the manufacturing, business and management fields. Moreover, the study deploys the peer-debriefing approach through conducting unstructured interviews with five Australian scholars to verify a model presenting an aggregated summary of previous studies. Findings – The key findings of the study include the following items: synthesising the fragmented studies on innovation diffusion in the AEC context. In doing so, a model capturing the major aspects affecting diffusion of an innovation in AEC projects is presented; providing a foundation to address the drawbacks of previous studies within the sphere of GVETs, based on the developed model. Research limitations/implications – The developed model was only enhanced using a small sample size of academics, as such not empirically validated. Originality/value – As possibly, the first literature review of innovation in the AEC context, this paper contributes to the sphere by sensitising the AEC body of knowledge on innovation diffusion as a concise conceptual model, albeit verified through the peer-debriefing approach. This study will also further establish the research field in AEC on GVETs along with other methods reliant on virtual working such as building information modelling (BIM) through providing an expanded foundation for future inquiries and creation of knowledge.
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Shaw, Brian. "SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISING THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS MANAGED IN NETWORKS." Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship 13, no. 4 (January 1996): 62–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08276331.1996.10600537.
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Ndzana, Martin, Onomo Cyrille, Gregory Mvogo, and Thierry Bedzeme. "Innovation and small and medium enterprises’ performance in Cameroon." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 28, no. 5 (June 15, 2021): 724–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-06-2020-0188.
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PurposeThis article attempts to explain performance through the development of innovations within small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Specifically, the authors analyse the determinants of innovation and assess the role of technological and non-technological innovations in performance.Design/methodology/approachBased on a sample of 508 Cameroonian SMEs, the PSM (propensity score matching) technique was used to reduce the selection bias inherent in this type of analysis.FindingsThe results show that technological innovation does not influence significantly the performance of SMEs, whereas non-technological innovation positively influences it. The combination of these two types of innovation leads to better performance than even accentuated development of only one type.Practical implicationsTo improve the performance of SMEs, it is necessary to adopt a comprehensive innovation policy that combines non-technological and technological innovations. In addition, it is important to intensify informations and communication technologies (ICT) promotion policies that contribute to the adoption of innovations within enterprises.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the literature by showing the role of technological and non-technological innovations in explaining the performance of SMEs. Moreover, unlike the existing work in sub-Saharan Africa, which is limited to testing the innovation–performance relationship, this study also determines the productivity gain generated by innovative firms compared to non-innovative ones.
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Kilborn, Jason J. "Technology and Regulatory Black Holes: Issues in Protecting IP Rights in Insolvency for Both Licensors and Licensees." QUT Law Review 18, no. 2 (February 21, 2019): 290. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/qutlr.v18i2.767.
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Australia’s insolvency laws have a curious deficiency: There are virtually no provisions on the treatment of ongoing contracts. Such contracts may well represent some of the most valuable assets of a business debtor, small or large, especially in this new era of rapid technological innovation, where tangible property often pales in value to that inherent in intellectual property. Indeed, IP rights are often the nucleus around which a small business’ vitality revolves. The inability of businesses predictably to rely on, manage, and protect license contracts preserving IP rights is a problem that is sure to become more acute in the coming decades, as both the importance of IP rights and the incidence of business insolvency rise. Experience from across the Pacific portends a potential wave of coming disputes involving such rights in developed economies like Australia’s, potentially hitting small entrepreneurs hard and undermining the effectiveness of insolvency proceedings for these crucial debtors and their creditors. This article reveals a proliferation of disputes concerning IP license rights and several salient challenges confronted by both licensors and licensees, debtors and non-debtors, in domestic and cross-border insolvency proceedings in US insolvency proceedings. The common root of these challenges seems to be legislation that did not foresee the rise of IP licensing as a mainstay of modern entrepreneurship. The simple common solution, and a guide for Australian regulators, is more careful consideration of non-obvious pitfalls in laws that preserve IP license rights in insolvency cases to maximise value not only for the parties involved, but for modern societies who increasingly depend on innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Talukder, Majharul. "Causal paths to acceptance of technological innovations by individual employees." Business Process Management Journal 25, no. 4 (July 3, 2019): 582–605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-06-2016-0123.
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Purpose Despite much research on organizations’ adoption of innovation, little is currently known about individual employees have gone about it. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the determinants that address individual employees’ decisions concerning innovation in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 272 employees from a tertiary education institution in Australia using a structured instrument. Findings Results from the structural equation modeling analysis indicate that enjoyment and motivation impact significantly on attitudes to an innovation, which, in turn, affects how employees behave toward it. Practical implications Furthermore, organizational patronage, innovativeness and self-image have been found to influence the innovation adoption process. These findings have implications for the effective management and implementation of an innovation at the individual level. Originality/value Although innovation adoption has been studied extensively, drivers of adoption and research on individual innovation acceptance remain limited. Designing an effective approach for increasing end-user acceptance and subsequent use of innovation continues to be a fundamental challenge. The current literature indicates that we know relatively little about the ways in which individuals adopt and the factors that influence individual adoption of innovation. This study is designed to fill that gap. The identification of the factors is important to create a work environment that is conducive to individual adoption of innovation and thereby gain the expected benefits from the innovation.
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Subrahmanya, M. H. Bala. "Technological Innovations in Small Firms in the North-East of England." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2, no. 3 (October 2001): 141–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000001101298891.
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In the north-east of England technological innovations by small firms follow a broad pattern in terms of dimensions, causal factors and sources of innovation. Product innovators owe their innovations largely to management motivation and growth ambition. They perceive the need for a particular product in the market and work towards its development in-house. Internal technical capability is decisive. Thus, product innovations emerge due to internal factors. The innovative products are patented and exhibited in national and international exhibitions and advertised in professional journals. As a result, the firms export a considerable share of their output and grow larger. Such firms are ‘offensive’ or ‘proactive’ innovators. They are innovation leaders. Incremental innovators either substitute a raw material to produce an existing product, or change the product shape/dimension/design on their own initiative or in response to their customers. Some upgrade their existing machinery or acquire new machinery for expansion or product diversification. Others introduce existing products due to customer demand or to enable further growth. They are decisive in their incremental innovations. The companies upgrade their technology or skills and change product shape, dimension or design with external support. In-house R&D is largely absent. Thus, incremental innovators emerge due to external factors. These firms are ‘defensive’ or ‘reactive’ innovators. They are innovation followers.
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Khizhnyak, R. S. "Entrepreneurial approach to the business incubator: a business models based of «Shared Value Canvas» and «Diversified Markets Canvas»." Business Strategies, no. 7 (August 9, 2018): 18–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.17747/2311-7184-2018-7-18-22.
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Innovations is the key driver for the developed countries intense economic growth. Small innovative ventures play a major role in the creation and development of the innovations. Any innovation implementation entails high risks. To reduce the risks the state has to come up with innovations support and incentives system which incorporates business-incubators as one of its elements. The most effective business incubators performance analysis results were used for development of business incubators successful operations basics. One of them is as follows: “A business incubator should be treated as business”. This statement is the cornerstone of the present article covering the particulars of technological business incubators business models development to be used as business planning and evaluation basics.
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Frost, Taggart F., and Bruce G. Rogers. "Attitudes toward Technology and Religion among Collegiate Undergraduates." Psychological Reports 56, no. 3 (June 1985): 943–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1985.56.3.943.
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This study concerned the relationship between attitudes toward technology and religion among collegiate undergraduates. Attitude measures of religious ideology and technological innovations were administered to 144 education students and 198 business students. While those in education scored slightly higher than those in business on the ideology measure but lower on the technology measure, the differences were in the generally accepted small range of effect size. Views toward ideology and technological innovations were statistically independent of each other. Over-all, both groups showed positive attitudes toward traditional religious values and technology.
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Altufieva, Natalia. "The Strategic Priorities of Developing Small and Medium Sized R&D and Innovative Enterprises in the Republic of Bashkortostan." Regionalnaya ekonomika. Yug Rossii, no. 2 (August 2019): 60–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.15688/re.volsu.2019.2.6.
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The article studies the priorities of developing small and medium sized innovative business. The paper shows that in modern conditions the priorities of developing small and medium sized innovative business should be considered as a necessary direction to ensure effective innovative development of the Republic of Bashkortostan and Russia as a whole. The article analyses the approaches to assessing the innovative potential of small and medium-sized innovative business. The author classifies the approaches to assessing the development of innovative systems. The paper presents the analysis of the indicators characterizing the innovative activity of small and medium business in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The author calculates the index of innovative potential and defines the priorities of developing small and medium sized innovative business in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The article reveals that for the most objective analytical assessment it is necessary to study such indicators as the number of small and medium sized R&D enterprises, the average number of innovative small and medium sized enterprises, the money turnover of R&D and innovative small and medium sized enterprises, costs on technological innovations of small enterprises, the share of small enterprises involved in technological innovations in the total number of small enterprises in Bashkortostan. The author emphasizes that under the conditions of global challenges it is necessary to deal with the strategic priorities of developing small and medium sized innovative business comprehensively and take into account such factors as innovative potential, innovative risk and security of innovative activity.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Small business Technological innovations Australia"
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Kim, Ye Ryung. "Understanding the adoption of clusters by SMEs in Australia using innovation diffusion theory a case study /." Access electronically, 2007. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20080610.120546/index.html.
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Bode, Shirley A. "Designing a framework for the alignment of e-business strategy and consultant engagement processes for Australian SMEs : a cross-case analysis." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2002. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/715.
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The majority of SMEs have neither the internal expertise nor financial resources to enable in-house development of electronic commerce and therefore turn to the services of website design consultants to assist them. Unfortunately, they often engage consultants without any clear idea of their intended e-business strategy and without due care as to effective engagement processes. This frequently leads to ineffective e-business development and a highly disaffected group of small entrepreneurs. The study suggests that there is a significant gap between the intended strategies of SMEs and the actual e-business strategy implemented. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between Australian Small and Medium Enterprises, Internet strategy and the engagement of website design consultants. The objectives of the research project were firstly, to identify factors including SME engagement of website design consultants, and other factors presented in previous research that may influence the success of online organizations. Secondly, to construct a framework for analysing those factors' which may influence the success of online organizations. Finally, to provide a set of critical development factors that may be used by Australian SMEs to implement the online organisation. The research methodology chosen used an interpretivist perspective and incorporated a multiple cross-case study approach. Four research instruments were employed in the study to enable triangulation of data and to increase validity and reliability. A pilot study was conducted and the results were used to refine and develop the data collection methods, procedures and theory development for the main study. The expected outcomes of the research project included developing a framework to enhance negotiations between website design consultants and Australian SMEs; to design a set of critical development factors, in relation to Internet strategy and consultant engagement, that may be used by Australian SMEs and consultants to facilitate the implementation of the online organization; and to provide a summarised report to Dow Digital in fulfilment of the requirements of the research funding, and to publish a number of papers based on the research project.
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Navaratnam, Michelle. "The commercialisation of small firm technologies in Western Australia : A case for user-producer interaction and the integration of large industrial users with small technology producers." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1216.
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The purpose of this study was to: * examine how grantee firms of the Western Australian Innovation Support Scheme (WAISS) have overcome their impediments to commercialisation; * examine how the process of user-producer interaction has enabled grantee firms to commercialise their technologies; * examine the process of user-producer interaction with large and/or small industrial users, and the subsequent benefits derived; * examine the entry barriers faced by grantee firms in forming interactions with large industrial users. The study examined the literature involving the role of small firms in the development and commercialisation of new technologies. The study adopted a multiple, holistic case study design using qualitative methodology, A theoretical pathway constructed from arguments presented within the literature was the basis upon which the cases were analysed. The cases have demonstrated that the adoption of strategies promoting user-producer interaction through a dyadic problem-solving style approach with industrial users have enabled small firms to commercialise their technologies in industry. The cases have found that those firms interacting with large industrial users have experienced extensive product diversification and market expansion opportunities as opposed to those firms interacting with small industrial users. In addition to the product diversification and market expansion opportunities acquired through interactions with these large industrial users, it was clear that the large-scale marketing and distribution resources of these industrial users also enabled small firms to attract other industrial users, both domestically and internationally. This ultimately led to further product diversification and market expansion opportunities. Those firms that interacted with small industrial users experienced either minimal or no product diversification and market expansion opportunities because of the ‘small firm’ characteristics or these users. This meant that as 'small firms' these industrial users also faced constraints with regards to the availability of marketing resources and distribution channels, and were therefore unable to attract the interests of industrial users within large-scale markets. Those firms that experienced either minimal or no product diversification and market expansion opportunities have faced entry barriers typical to small firms when trying to find large industrial users for their technologies. They have been unable to attract the interests of large industrial users as a result of the high risk factors associated with the newness of their technologies and their credibility as a newly established firm. The study's main finding reveals that the commercialisation of small firm technologies, the commercial extent derived for these technologies, and the overcoming of barriers faced by the small firm, was dependent on the social orientation of user-producer interaction in conjunction with the dyadic information exchanges of technological opportunities and user needs.
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Samuel, Petra. "Strategies for Integrating Technological Innovations in Small Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3834.
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The effective integration of technological innovation is vital to the success of small businesses and can catapult growth and profitability. Some business managers and supervisors, however, may not have a firm understanding of strategies for integrating technological innovations in businesses; this lack of knowledge may result in employee frustration and costly roadblocks to achieving business objectives. This case study was conducted to identify the strategies used by business managers and supervisors to integrate technological innovations in small businesses. Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation and Rogers' theory of diffusion of innovation served as the conceptual framework. Ten business managers and supervisors from Castries, St. Lucia, participated in semistructured interviews. Participants who were selected using purposive sampling worked in a small business in St. Lucia for atleast 5 years, were part of senior management, and used strategies for integrating technological innovations in a small business. Two of the themes that emerged from data analysis were integration challenges relating to technological innovation complexity, and technology cost regarding hardware, upgrades and software procurement. Findings from this study may contribute to positive social change by providing business managers and supervisors insight about strategies and innovative solutions they can use to develop better business practices, increase tax revenues, and employment opportunities, improve profitability, and boost the economy.
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Sawers, Jill Lynda. "How small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can influence the successfulness of a partnership with a large company (LCO) in the rechnological innovation sector." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07212007-124808.
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Chipika, Stephen. "Networking and technological learning : small and medium scale manufacturing enterprises in Zimbabwe." Thesis, n.p, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Ibáñez, de Opacua Amaia. "The relationship between knowledge management, information and communication technologies and performance from the resource-based view in small and medium manufacturing firms." Connect to e-thesis, 2006. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/977/.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Glasgow, 2006.Ph.D. thesis submitted to the School of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, 2006. Includes bibliographical references. Print version also available.
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Chung, Ka Wai. "Leadership, innovation capability, and SME's product innovation performance :the moderating roles of reward philosophy and entrepreneurial culture." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2019. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/727.
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Innovation is vital to the survival and prosperity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Such firms have the inherent liability of limited resources, which creates a barrier to their pursuit of innovative activities. To compete with larger incumbents and sustain competitive advantages, leaders, the principal decision-makers, play a key role in devising innovation strategies and have overall responsibility for firms' ultimate performance. This study draws on the resource-based view (RBV) and dynamic capabilities perspective (DC) to develop a model linking leadership (resource) to innovation (dynamic capability) and product innovation performance (sustainable competitive advantage). In addition, it suggests that reward philosophy and entrepreneurial culture can enhance or hinder the effect of transformational and transactional leadership on exploratory and exploitative innovation in the context of SMEs. Using a quantitative research method, 151 valid pairs of questionnaires (i.e. 302 respondents) were collected from the top management of small and medium-sized manufacturing firms in China. The empirical findings showed that transformational leadership behaviors could foster both exploratory and exploitative innovations. Transactional leaders, consistent with the literature, could facilitate exploitative activities, but not exploratory innovation. The data analysis also indicated that different types of innovation delivered different benefits to firms. In addition, reward philosophy and entrepreneurial culture had divergent moderating effects on the relationship between leadership style and innovative outcome.
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Lachance, Jean-Pierre. "Les conditions de succès des pme intégrant de nouvelles technologies : les aspects associés aux activités de formation /." Thèse, Chicoutimi : Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1994. http://theses.uqac.ca.
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Chiza, Albin Boris Lugerero. "Adoption of cloud computing services amongst the micro-enterprise sector in Cape Town." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2862.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Information Systems))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018.Micro-enterprises play a vital role towards the South Africa’s economic growth by contributing towards job creation. Despite the importance of the role of micro-enterprises, micro-enterprises face several challenges such as lack of finance, lack of skilled workers and lack of technological resources. Previous studies indicate that Information Technology has a distinct role in assisting micro-enterprises overcome several challenges. It is further evidenced in the extant literature that cloud computing, provides a low cost entry for enterprises to support several facets of their business operations. In the current era cloud computing requires a constant as well as fast internet connection and the South African government has various interventions to address the infrastructure divide. However, we have a scant understanding of the adoption challenges amongst micro-enterprises to adopt cloud solutions, which to date feature more prominently amongst larger organisations. This research investigated the factors that influence cloud computing adoption in the micro-enterprise sector in Cape Town. This is a city that promotes the contribution of micro-enterprises to their economic activity, and was such an ideal location to investigate cloud computing adoption amongst the micro-enterprise sector. This research provides a rich understanding of the factors that influence micro-enterprises in Cape Town to adopt cloud computing services and proposes guidelines to encourage micro-enterprises in Cape Town to use cloud services to improve their productivity. The researcher uses the UTAUT model as a framework and a qualitative research methodology to investigate the research question. Data for this research study was collected via face to face interviews with semi-structured questions of ten micro-enterprises and an IT expert. The findings showed that the factors influencing the adoption of cloud computing services are performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, lack of training, cost efficiency and reduction of working hours.
Books on the topic "Small business Technological innovations Australia"
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Roaring, Elena D. Upgrading technological capabilities of small industry. Tokyo, Japan: Asian Productivity Organization, 1991.
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B, Audretsch David, ed. Innovation and small firms. Cambridge (Mass.): MIT Press, 1990.
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Ács, Zoltán J. Innovation and small firms. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1990.
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United States. Small Business Administration., ed. Ideas, inventions, innovations. 3rd ed. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Small Business Administration, 1992.
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Small business solutions: E-commerce. Redmond, Wash: Microsoft Press, 2000.
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Udell, Gerald G. Ideas, inventions, and innovations. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Small Business Administration, 1992.
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Udell, Gerald G. Ideas, inventions, and innovations. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Small Business Administration, 1992.
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Udell, Gerald G. Ideas, inventions, and innovations. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Small Business Administration, 1992.
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León, Angel María Córdoba. Comportamiento tecnológico de la pequeña y mediana industria en Colombia. [Bogotá, Colombia?: s.n.], 1988.
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Aymerich, Ramon. Fet a casa: La innovació a les empreses catalanes. Barcelona: Viena Edicions, 2007.
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Tatnall, Arthur. "Modeling Technological Change in Small Business." In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition, 2007–11. IGI Global, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch354.
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The introduction of a new information system into a small business, or upgrading an existing system, should be seen as an innovation and considered through the lens of innovation theory. The most widely accepted theory of how technological innovation takes place is provided by innovation diffusion, but most of the research based on this model involves studies of large organisations or societal groups. This article argues that another approach, innovation translation, has more to offer in the case of innovations that take place in smaller organisations (Burgess, Tatnall & Darbyshire, 1999; Tatnall, 2002; Tatnall & Burgess, 2004).
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Rijo, Rui. "Contact Centers." In Innovations in SMEs and Conducting E-Business, 98–115. IGI Global, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-765-4.ch006.
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Often, small and medium enterprises consider the possibility of creating their own contact centre as a tool to improve the customer service. They pose some important questions about business and technical aspects: Why should we use a contact center solution? Which technologies, architectures, and solutions are available? Which key issues should be analyzed? The chapter provides specific information and practical guidelines about Contact Centers based on a literature review and interviews made to contact center business consultants specialized in the small and medium enterprises sector. The goal is to help top management and Information Technology responsible in making the best technological choices and methodological approaches.
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Walker, David S., and Horst-Hendrik Scholz. "Innovations and Financing of SMEs Part II." In Technological, Managerial and Organizational Core Competencies, 574–88. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-165-8.ch031.
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Financing is one of the most critical boundaries for the establishment and growth of a Small and Medium-sized Enterprise: SME (Moore, 1993). This chapter describes traditional and non-traditional financing opportunities for SMEs in Germany by focusing on its applicability. The disclosure of financial business information and giving a say to an equity financier is a difficult topic for owners of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), because these companies are often run as a ‘one-man-show’ (by a single manager) and this person identifies itself with the company. The request for external funds is in that perspective still regarded as a disability of a business to be self-financed. A comparison of the organisational structure of a SME and that of a Large Scale Enterprise (LSE) reveals the structural weaknesses in terms of research and development (R&D) activities. While LSE have an extra department, budget and procedures to develop product and process innovations similarly to a knowledge push, in SMEs, innovations are often originated from customers—similarly to a need pull process (Tidd & Bessant, 2009). Furthermore, CEOs and customer contribute to a great extend to innovations in SMEs (BDI, 2010). The results of an online-based survey presented in the BDI-Mittelstandspanel 2010, show that less than 13% of innovations are originated by external scientists, R&D organisations and consultants. This proofs that external R&D sources (to compensate missing internal resources and structures) are rarely employed; impeding or slowing down the development of innovations.
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Le, Huong, Fung K. Koo, and Jason Sargent. "A Synthesis of Globalisation, Business Culture and E-Business Adoption in Vietnam." In Cultural and Technological Influences on Global Business, 120–41. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3966-9.ch008.
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The pace and intensity of social change in modern society is increasing, particularly through advances in modern technology and the remarkable innovations in information and communications technology (ICT), as well as through social movements, especially globalisation (Synott, 2004). This chapter will discuss the concept of globalisation and its impact on the economies, cultures, and international business in developing countries and, in particular, Vietnam. The chapter provides an insight into how national culture and technology affects business operations, including current issues in technological readiness for e-business adoption in Vietnam. By applying theories of globalisation to explain changes and progress in Vietnamese economic development, the chapter also provides a better understanding of the complex mix of culture, technology, and business operations in Vietnam. Recommendations are also made for the development of an appropriate environment for e-business in small to medium enterprises that will further strengthen the country’s international business operations.
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Le, Huong, Fung K. Koo, and Jason Sargent. "A Synthesis of Globalisation, Business Culture and E-Business Adoption in Vietnam." In Cross-Cultural Interaction, 919–40. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4979-8.ch052.
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The pace and intensity of social change in modern society is increasing, particularly through advances in modern technology and the remarkable innovations in information and communications technology (ICT), as well as through social movements, especially globalisation (Synott, 2004). This chapter will discuss the concept of globalisation and its impact on the economies, cultures, and international business in developing countries and, in particular, Vietnam. The chapter provides an insight into how national culture and technology affects business operations, including current issues in technological readiness for e-business adoption in Vietnam. By applying theories of globalisation to explain changes and progress in Vietnamese economic development, the chapter also provides a better understanding of the complex mix of culture, technology, and business operations in Vietnam. Recommendations are also made for the development of an appropriate environment for e-business in small to medium enterprises that will further strengthen the country’s international business operations.
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Friedman, Walter A. "4. Railroads and mass distribution, 1850 –1880." In American Business History: A Very Short Introduction, 39–52. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780190622473.003.0005.
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“Railroads and mass distribution, 1850–1880” focuses on unprecedented economic and technological innovations in the decades after the Civil War. Coal, telegraph communication, and the railroad network revolutionized distribution and manufacture while creating a new management class. Corporations developed from small beginnings into mail-order companies supported by a new postal network, followed by department stores. Unions such as the American Federation of Labor were developed to regulate the workforce. Railroads and telegraph communication led to increased farming, facilitated the movements of traveling salespeople, and enabled the founding and management of the large industrial concerns that dominated the American economy over the next half-century and beyond.
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Braun, Patrice. "Action Research Methods." In Information Communication Technologies, 3112–18. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-949-6.ch218.
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To date, most research into the implications of the Internet for SMEs has focused on individual business barriers to ICT and e-commerce adoption. Such research has shown that SMEs tend to be time- and resource-poor, with their size being their main disadvantage vis-à-vis ICT adoption (OECD, 2000; Van Beveren & Thompson, 2002). Perhaps the question is not whether small firms have adopted ICT, but rather where are small firms in terms of their ICT adoption. ICT encompasses a series of separate yet interrelated components; for example, electronic mail (e-mail), the Internet, the Web, and e-commerce, which can be adopted in a variety of social and business settings. Hence, it is suggested that ICT cannot be considered as a single technological innovation but rather as a series of (process) innovations, potentially resulting in variable ICT adoption patterns (Walczuch, Van Braven, & Lundgren, 2000).
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Braun, Patrice. "Action Research Methods." In Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, 1–5. IGI Global, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch001.
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To date, most research into the implications of the Internet for SMEs has focused on individual business barriers to ICT and e-commerce adoption. Such research has shown that SMEs tend to be time- and resource-poor, with their size being their main disadvantage vis-à-vis ICT adoption (OECD, 2000; Van Beveren & Thompson, 2002). Perhaps the question is not whether small firms have adopted ICT, but rather where are small firms in terms of their ICT adoption. ICT encompasses a series of separate yet interrelated components; for example, electronic mail (e-mail), the Internet, the Web, and e-commerce, which can be adopted in a variety of social and business settings. Hence, it is suggested that ICT cannot be considered as a single technological innovation but rather as a series of (process) innovations, potentially resulting in variable ICT adoption patterns (Walczuch, Van Braven, & Lundgren, 2000).
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Steinbuß, Sebastian, and Norbert Weißenberg. "Service Design and Process Design for the Logistics Mall Cloud." In Principles, Methodologies, and Service-Oriented Approaches for Cloud Computing, 186–206. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2854-0.ch008.
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This chapter presents some actual results from two big German Cloud projects: the Leading-Edge Cluster project Service Design Studio and the associated Fraunhofer Innovation Cluster Cloud Computing for Logistics. Existing services can be enhanced using the Service Design Studio environment and then be deployed and offered in the Logistics Mall, which may combine them using process models. To reach these objectives, different standards are combined for service description in functional and business view, business object description in domain and technical view, and process model description on different abstraction levels. First results are already in use by the logistics industry. These innovations together have the potential to advance the logistics market towards modern IT strategies. Flexible, individual logistics business process models allow small and medium enterprises a technological catch up with large companies and to focus on their core business.
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Coghlan, Alexandra. "Concluding Remarks." In An Introduction to Sustainable Tourism. Goodfellow Publishers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/9781911396734-4252.
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I hope that by now you can see that ‘sustainability’, a deceptively simple word, is a journey itself. The guiding principles of sustainability are to strategically plan using a holistic and adaptive approach; preserve essential ecological processes as well as protect human heritage and biodiversity; develop in a way that sustains productivity over the long-term for all generations; and achieve a better balance of fairness and opportunity between nations. No small task and one that defies our current business-as-usual approach. According to the UNWTO, the end goal for sustainable tourism as a sector is to “take full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities”. It’s a constant process of measuring your impacts, adjusting your practices, working with stakeholders and supply chains, keeping abreast of sustainability-oriented innovations, and scanning your social, technological, environmental, economic and political environments to be able to manage the changes that are inevitably coming your way. In this way, we move from linear thinking to a more systems-based approach that sees tourism as part of a wider, complex whole.
Conference papers on the topic "Small business Technological innovations Australia"
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Karabegović, Isak, Mirha Bičo Ćar, Munira Šestić, Savo Stupar, Ermin Husak, Edina Karabegović, Mehmed Mahmić, et al. "Industry of Bosnia and Herzegovina within Industry 4.0." In Međunarodna naučna konferencija Aplikacija industrije 4.0 – prilika za novi iskorak u svim industrijskim granama. Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5644/pi2022.202.20.
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Currently, the world is facing major changes. Research and development of innovations in new technologies, the rapid pace of implementation of these innovations and especially digitization and automation, play a major role in shaping the future world. Technological innovations promise the transformation of the world we live in all its dimensions. However, in order for the benefits of innovation to be adequately exploited, it is necessary for us as a society to adapt to the coming changes. We must also keep in mind that these changes come at a time previously marked by uncertainty, turbulent changes and hyper competitiveness. The development and implementation of new technologies in business is motivated by a number of technical and economic reasons: improving the quality of finished products (machining, etc.), increasing productivity and reducing the share of work (assembly process), increasing the degree of homogeneity of product quality in all production processes related to the application of robotic technology, increasing the level of safety, reducing labor engagement in routine and reproducible processes, minimizing total production costs and maintenance costs of the device in the production process, all with the purpose of adequate responses to competition challenges and increasingly stringent customer requirements. Although the concept of Industry 4.0 is already widely used in developed countries, it is a relatively new concept in the Western Balkans, including Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most company managers understand the benefits of "smart" production and are familiar with new trends in the industry, intend to gradually introduce smart solutions, methods and technologies, and only a small number of companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina currently implement the concept of Industry 4.0. The paper presents the results of research on the application of Industry 4.0 technologies in all branches of the economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and especially the representation of Industry 4.0 in small, medium and large enterprises. Detection of awareness of certain groups about the concepts of Industry 4.0 was performed, and the research method itself is based on an online survey.