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Enkono, Fillemon S., and Nalina Suresh. "Application of Machine Learning Classification to Detect Fraudulent E‑wallet Deposit Notification SMSes." African Journal of Information and Communication, no. 25 (June 30, 2020): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.23962/10539/29195.

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Fraudulent e-wallet deposit notification SMSes designed to steal money and goods from m-banking users have become pervasive in Namibia. Motivated by an observed lack of mobile applications to protect users from such deceptions, this study evaluated the ability of machine learning to detect the fraudulent e-wallet deposit notification SMSes. The naïve Bayes (NB) and support vector machine (SVM) classifiers were trained to classify both ham (desired) SMSes and scam (fraudulent) e-wallet deposit notification SMSes. The performances of the two classifier models were then evaluated. The results revealed that the SVM classifier model could detect the fraudulent SMSes more efficiently than the NB classifier.
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Bengo, Irene, and Marika Arena. "The relationship between small and medium-sized social enterprises and banks." International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 68, no. 2 (February 11, 2019): 389–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-02-2018-0066.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to perform a critical analysis of the relationship between small- and medium-sized social enterprises (SMSEs) and banks. Based on the conceptual framework for the analysis of SME’s credit availability developed by Berger and Udell (2006), this study aims to contribute to the current debate in two ways: first, outlining the characteristics of the lending technologies currently used by banks and financial institutions to evaluate SMSEs when they apply for credit; and second, discussing, based on the results of the empirical analysis, the coherence of these systems from the social ecosystem perspective and identifying areas for possible improvement. Design/methodology/approach The paper develops a conceptual framework based on the model proposed by Berger and Udell (2006), which defines the characteristics of lending technologies that banks use to evaluate SMEs, and applies it to the case of SMSEs. To study the interplay of these lending technologies, the empirical analysis is based on a case study of five Italian banks. Data are collected from multiple sources to capture key dimensions of the problems analyzed. Findings The paper provides empirical insight about the relationship between SMSEs and banks. The Italian case shows that the current lending infrastructure must be revised to support SMSE credit availability, and government policies affect the national financial institution structure. The relationship between SMSEs and Italian banks remains underdeveloped. Social implications The research supports the scaling up of social business. Originality/value This paper fulfills an identified need to study how social enterprises credit access can be enabled.
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Swee Kian, Catherine Tay. "Electronic Business Communications: New Spamming Laws for Singapore." Business Law Review 29, Issue 2 (February 1, 2008): 28–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/bula2008007.

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Although digital communication such as smses and e-mails is a very convenient way of offering fast global reach, it becomes a nuisance invading an individual’s privacy when huge amounts of unsolicited e-mails and smses are sent indiscriminately to him – a practice called spamming. What legal protection is there for him in this business world? This article discusses and outlines the new spamming laws, which balance the privacy of an individual and the business world of advertising.
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Deumert, Ana, and Sibabalwe Oscar Masinyana. "Mobile language choices — The use of English and isiXhosa in text messages (SMS)." English World-Wide 29, no. 2 (April 23, 2008): 117–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.29.2.02deu.

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This paper looks at language choice and use in South African SMS communication (texting) among bilingual (isiXhosa / English-speaking) users. Although English is the preferred language for most of the 22 participants (aged between 18 and 27), SMSes also create a forum for isiXhosa literacy (either in isiXhosa messages or in mixed English-isiXhosa messages). The English-language SMSes produced by these bilingual speakers share many of the features which have been reported for English SMS communication internationally (abbreviations, paralinguistic restitutions, non-standard spellings), and provide evidence for what one might call a global English SMS standard. At the same time, however, their SMSes also contain local linguistic features and, in particular, local, cultural content. The isiXhosa messages differ markedly from the writers’ English-language messages in that they contain no abbreviated material, non-standard spellings or paralinguistic restitutions and thus violate the sociolinguistic maxims of SMS / texting as postulated by Thurlow (2003). These bilingual writers thus communicate in the electronic medium using two different languages as well as two, non-overlapping sets of sociolinguistic norms.
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Olurotimi, Ogunwale, Akintoye Rufus, Ogbebor Ifeanyi, and Ademola Olufemi. "Impact of Electronic Banking on the Operational Efficiency of Small and Medium Scale Businesses in South-western Nigeria." WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 20 (March 31, 2023): 770–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.37394/23207.2023.20.71.

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This research aimed at studying electronic banking and how it has impacted the efficiency of operations of SMSE in Nigeria. The research objective was to investigate the bearing of electronic banking on operational efficiency of SMEs in South-western Nigeria, making use of Lagos and Ogun States as a case study. The study relied on information gathered through surveys. Operational efficacy of micro, small, and medium-sized businesses served as dependent variable while POS machines (point of sale), Internet banking, ATMs, mobile banking apps, and SMS messages served as the independent variables. Primary data was sourced through the use of questionnaire while the multiple linear regression model was used to estimate the sourced data. The findings displayed that while ATM use ( = 0.20, p = 0.3114), MOP ( = 0.04, p = 0.5631), and SMS ( 0.07, p = 0.4339) had no significant effect on operational efficiency of SMSEs in South-western Nigeria, POS had an impact that is both favourable and considerable. Given the benefit of electronic banking to SMSEs, it was recommended that SMSEs should be motivated and supported to adopt the POS electronic banking platforms.
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Butler, Tom, and Ciaran Murphy. "An Exploratory Study on IS Capabilities and Assets in a Small-to-Medium Software Enterprise." Journal of Information Technology 23, no. 4 (December 2008): 330–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jit.2008.19.

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There is a dearth of research on the capabilities of innovative small-to-medium software enterprises (SMSEs). Understanding how SMSEs build and apply business and information systems (IS) capabilities is important, as such firms account for over 90% of software enterprises operating in Europe and the US. This paper elaborates and applies dynamic capability theory to explore and help understand the web of conditions and factors that shaped and influenced business and IS capability development and application in one European SMSE. Drawing on the overarching theory of dynamic capabilities, a theoretical model is presented that posits relationships among (1) a firm's past activities; (2) its integration, learning and reconfiguration, and transformation capabilities; (3) its financial, complementary, locational, and technological asset positions; and (4) the products and services that result, and which are of value to an SMSE's customers. The paper refines and elaborates the model by describing and enumerating the business and IS capabilities, assets, and products and services of the SMSE under study. To properly assess whether this firm's products and services were of value to its customers, research was also conducted at two customer sites in Ireland and the US, in addition to the investigation at the primary research site in Dublin. The study therefore informs both practitioners’ and researchers’ understandings of this complex and under-researched phenomenon: for practitioners, it highlights the characteristics required to build innovative software solutions; for researchers, it illustrates the patterns and regularities associated with the development and application of business and IS capabilities.
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Chiarini, Andrea, Paola Castellani, and Chiara Rossato. "Factors for improving performance in ISO 9001 certified small- and medium-sized service enterprises." TQM Journal 32, no. 1 (October 14, 2019): 21–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tqm-05-2019-0141.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that are important for improving the performance of ISO 9001 certified small- and medium-sized service enterprises (SMSEs). Design/methodology/approach Preliminary research questions were set on the basis of a literature review and then submitted to a Delphi panel of experts. The results from the Delphi panel were transformed into hypotheses in the form of a survey. A sample comprising 115 Italian SMSEs answered the survey, which also included specific fields for qualitative notes. The hypothesis tests used 95% confidence intervals, and notes and suggestions from the respondents were also collected. Findings The findings relate to the role and responsibilities of the quality manager, as well the entrepreneur and partners, the quality of the enterprise culture, training, awareness concerning process key performance indicators, visual management and modern digitised documentation and communication. Furthermore, criticisms emerged regarding the ISO 9001 standard in terms of cost of quality measurement, day-to-day improvement and problem-solving. Research limitations/implications This research is limited to SMSEs. The limitations of this research open avenues for further research. In particular, many suggestions from the respondents seem generalisable to other industries and also to large manufacturing firms. Practical implications The findings of this research could be used as a guideline for implementing ISO 9001 in the SMSE sector. Moreover, some of the criticisms could be taken into account for the next revision of the ISO 9001 standard. Originality/value This is one of the first papers to discuss important factors for improving the performance of ISO 9001 in the SMSE sector.
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Jarkovská, Petra, and Martina Jarkovská. "Corporate social responsibility of small- to medium-size enterprises as a solution to out-migration: an example from the hospitality sector." GeoScape 15, no. 1 (June 1, 2021): 43–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2021-0004.

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Abstract Local and regional authorities are often held responsible for implementing social and economic “population drain reduction” policies but at the same time are constrained with little fiscal power and inability to access resources. Being considered the “backbone” of local economies, it is on small- to medium-size enterprises (SMSEs) to come up with an “out-migration” solution which would be effective; yet at the same time sustainable, and adding social value to the local or regional development. Therefore, using a sample of 24 SMSEs from the hospitality industry environment, this paper empirically examines corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a prerequisite for employees’ affirmative work attitudes, such as job satisfaction (JS), effective organizational commitment (OC), and employees’ voluntary retention (R). Inspired by Carroll’s (2015, 2016) four-dimensional concept of CSR (economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic dimension), the findings suggest a significant causal relationship between CSR and the examined employees’ desirable behavior outcomes. However, it is mainly the ethical and legal dimension of CSR that influence all three employees’ affirmative work attitudes - JS, effective OC, and voluntary R. The contribution of this paper also lies in amounting to the body of scholarly literature on CSR in respect to employees. Most works focus on other stakeholders but employees, or are set in different cultural settings or geographical regions, mainly in Asia, and thus their findings might be difficult to implement in the Central European context. Highlights for public administration, management and planning: • CSR as a prerequisite for sustainable management of employees’ retention in small-to medium- size enterprises. • CSR may act as an approach to reduce “out-migration” faced in local and regional development. • SMSEs adding a social value to local and regional development.
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Tagg, Caroline, Alistair Baron, and Paul Rayson. "“i didn’t spel that wrong did i. Oops”." SMS Communication: A linguistic approach 35, no. 2 (December 31, 2012): 367–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/li.35.2.12tag.

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Spelling variation, although present in all varieties of English, is particularly prevalent in SMS text messaging. Researchers argue that spelling variants in SMSes are principled and meaningful, reflecting patterns of variation across historical and contemporary texts, and contributing to the performance of social identities. However, little attempt has yet been made to empirically validate SMS spelling patterns (for most languages, with the notable exception of French) and verify the extent to which they mirror those in other texts. This article reports on the use of the VARD2 tool to analyse and normalise the spelling variation in a corpus of over 11,000 SMSes collected in the UK between 2004 and 2007. A second tool, DICER, was used to examine the variant and equivalent mappings from the normalised corpus. The database of rules and frequencies enables comparison with other text types and the automatic normalisation of spelling in larger SMS corpora. As well as examining various spelling trends with the DICER analysis it was also possible to place the spelling variants found in the SMS corpus into functional categories; the ultimate aim being to create a taxonomy of SMS spelling. The article reports on the findings from this categorisation process, whilst also discussing the difficulty in choosing categories for some spelling variants.
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Langlais, Philippe, and Patrick Drouin. "Texto4Science." SMS Communication: A linguistic approach 35, no. 2 (December 31, 2012): 237–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/li.35.2.07lan.

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In October 2009 the Quebec French part of the international SMS4science project, called texto4science was launched. Over a period of 10 months, we collected slightly more than 7,000 SMSes that we carefully annotated. This database is now ready to be used by the community. The purpose of this article is to relate the efforts put into designing this database and provide some data analysis of the main linguistic phenomena that we have annotated. We also report on a sociolinguistic survey we conducted within the project.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "SMSes"

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Sieberhagen, Hester Sofia. "A qualitative literature review of the differentiated tax policies for small and medium enterprises in South Africa." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04032009-143734/.

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Pacheco, Solange Aparecida. "Perfil imunofenotípico de linfócitos em crianças nascidas de mães com asma e renite alérgica, em Belo Horizonte." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/SMES-5XFJLX.

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BACKGROUND: Several reports have established that allergic diseases are increasing worldwide. Despite our knowledge that heredity influences the progress of asthma in childhood, it is been claimed that fetal environmental factors occurring during pregnancy might be of importance for the development of the disease. Attempts to identify a predictive marker of disease development in the cord blood cellularity have given conflicting results. Both proliferative and cytokine responses have been detected in cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMC), suggesting in utero allergen priming. OBJECTIVE: To determine if lymphocyte profile and activation status are altered by maternal history of allergy and to investigate the relationship between lymphocyte activation status and the development of allergic disease at twelve month of age, in a longitudinal study of high-risk children. METHODS: Prevalence of allergy and allergen sensitization were determined in pregnant women, attending pre-natal service in Belo Horizonte, Brazil (n=210). They were classified, based on clinical history and skin test, in Case and Control groups. Determination of the CD45 isoform of T cell subsets, as well as the determination of T cells expressing IL-2 receptor (CD25) and HLA~DR were evaluated in CBMC and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) obtained from pregnant women (group Case, n = 16; group Control, n = 14). Prospective newborns clinical follow-up was performed for 1 year. RESULTS: The prevalence of allergic disease during pregnancy was 16,6% for asthma and 29% for rhinitis, and house mites were the most frequent allergen (in Case group, Dermatophagoides pteronissinus, 95%; D. farinae, 70%). The frequency of CD4+ T cells carrying CD45RO marker was higher in PBMC of allergic pregnant women (48,4% i 16,1 versus 23,5% 1 22,1), but no difference in CBMC activation status profile (CD19+CD5+, CD3+CD25+, CD3+l-lLA-DR+, CD4+CD45RA+,- CD4+CD45RO+, CD8+CD45RA+, CD8+CD45RO+) between both groups was observed. At 12 months of age, 25% Case group children but none of the Control group had developed an atopic disease. CONCLUSION: In our population, CBMC activation profile did not differ between the two groups, so its determination could not predict the development of atopic diseases, for the first year of life.
JUSTIFICATIVA: A incidência de doenças alérgicas tem aumentado em todo o mundo, especialmente, nos países desenvolvidos. Além da característica genética da predisposição à alergia, fatores ambientais vigentes, durante a gravidez, poderiam ser importantes para o desenvolvimento da doença. Tentativas de identificar, através da celularidade do sangue de cordão, um marcador preditivo de desenvolvimento da doença, têm mostrado resultados conflitantes. Sensibilização alergênica in utero já foi demonstrada através de ensaios de proliferação e produção de citocinas por células mononucleares de sangue de cordão (CBMC). OBJETIVO: Determinar eventual alteração no perfil fenotípico de CBMC de crianças nascidas de mães alérgicas e investigar possíveis marcadores preditivos de desenvolvimento de atopia, através de estudo prospectivo longitudinal de recém-nascidos, durante doze meses. METODOLOGIA: A prevalência de alergia e a sensibilização alergênica foram pesquisadas em gestantes atendidas no serviço de pré-natal do Hospital das Clinicas, Belo Horizonte, Brasil (n=210), durante o período de a ., através de questionário clinico e teste cutâneo. As pacientes foram classificadas em Grupo Controle (n=64) e Grupo Caso (n=65). Células mononucleares de sangue periférico (PBMC) e CBMC de parturientes e seus respectivos recém-nascidos (Grupo Controle, n=14; Grupo Caso, n=16) foram analisadas, por citometria de fluxo. Foi realizado acompanhamento ambulatorial dos recém-nascidos por período de doze meses. RESULTADOS: Foi encontrada a prevalência global de 31% de alergia nas gestantes, com 29% de prevalência para rinite e 16,6% de prevalência para asma. Os alergenos mais freqüentes foram o Dermatophagoides pteronissinus (95%) e D. farinae (70%). A freqüência de células T CD4+ expressando a isoforma CD45RO foi maior nas PBMC de parturientes alérgicas (48,4% i 16,1 versus 23,5% i 22,1), mas não observou-se qualquer diferença na ativação celular (CD19+CD5+, CD3+CD25+, CD3+HLA-DR+) e na freqüência das isoformas de CD45 (CD4+CD45RA+, CD4+CD45RO+, CD8+CD45RA+, CD8+CD45RO+) entre as CBMC entre dos dois grupos. Dentre as crianças do Grupo Caso, 25% desenvolveram quadro de atopia no primeiro ano de vida, enquanto, no Grupo Controle, nenhum caso foi detectado. CONCLUSAO: Em nossa população, o estado de ativação celular de CBMC de crianças nascidas de mães alérgicas não diferiu daquele observado em crianças filhas de mães não alérgicas. Assim, a determinação desse perfil não se mostrou útil na predição do desenvolvimento de alergia no primeiro ano de vida.
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Paddock, Catharine A. "Psychosocial factors in SMEs (stress in SMEs)." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511245.

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Foreman, Mark McKinney. "Control and operation of SMES and SMES/PV systems." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10062009-020156/.

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Boubala, Helene Gesika Oumbahouin. "Risk management of SMMEs." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1723.

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Thesis (MTech (Internal Auditing))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010
Developing countries face the great challenge of balancing growth with equity and justice. Growth, in all its fairness, should translate into equitable opportunity for all, but as is observed, the distributional effect of growth often does not filter down to the majority of the socially and economically disadvantaged communities. It is imperative in these situations to embark on a process of developmental change to improve the quality of life of the majority of the disadvantaged community. South Africa used this strategy to endeavour to encounter or reverse the political history of the country, by encouraging entrepreneurs of previously disadvantaged racial groups through the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to open small businesses. The South African Government believes that the development, growth and sustainability of the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise (SMME) sector will help the country to decrease the high unemployment rate, and lead the country as a whole to a sustainable economical development. Research has shown that this aim can no longer be achieved by only facilitating access to finance to entrepreneurs. They argue that some management strategies such as risk management should be introduced, understood and applied by small business owners, in order for their businesses to go beyond their actual estimated survival period referred as 3 to 5 years maximum. This research provides background to which risk management techniques are applied within the ambit of small enterprises. The data were collected from eighty eight companies drawn from a possible of 150 small enterprises found in the Cape Metropole. The analysis of data of those who responded has shown that very few SMME owners, managers, entrepreneurs or key designated employees make use of risk management tools and techniques within their businesses, to achieve growth and sustainability. However, the majority agreed to the high importance of risk management in the success of a business enterprise.
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Xu, Chenke, and Hao Hu. "Factors influencing SMEs' export performance : A case study of Chinese SMEs." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-4786.

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Small and medium-sized enterprises play much more important roles in both domestic and international markets nowadays. The issue that factors influence their export performance (mainly the export sales and profits) also becomes much more attractive these years. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the factors which influence the SMEs’ export performance and how each factor influences the SMEs’ export performance. This study is built on a modified model of the factors influencing the SMEs’ export performance. The authors use case study to conduct this research, and one company’s (Company B’s) data is collected through the semi-structured interview. Some findings are obtained: the important factors which influence Company B’s export performance contain the trade shows, the expenses on getting the authentication, capital sources, export rebate, firm network, firm previous experience, firm competencies, personal network, international orientation and personal previous experience. In addition, the authors also find the effect of firm size is indirect. However, customs duty, transportation, as well as building up the brand do not play important impacts on export performance. Take the trade shows as an example, personal cards and product samples are sent to the customers, then the customers who are interested in the products will contact Company B. In this way, the customers are accumulated and the export sales increase. Thus, the export performance is enhanced.

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Schmuck, Ludger, and Veronika Vintish. "SMEs offline: why? : A multiple-case study of Swedish micro SMEs." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-111569.

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The Internet is becoming a more and more influencing factor in our everyday life. It affects many of our daily tasks and it is a determining factor we built our decisions on. Especially in Sweden, retrieving information about products or services online prior to the purchase is a matter of course and emphasizes therefore its importance. A website offers a costefficient potential for smaller firms with limited resources to be visible for consumers and to compete on the larger market. However, the website adoption has been neglected amongst 41% of Swedish micro Small- and Medium sized Enterprises (SME), which raises the question why this phenomenon exists. Existing literature does not provide a solid explanation of this occurrence and this is where our study steps in. In order to answer our research question and to fill this gap, the study is designed as a qualitative multiple-case study with twelve semi-structured interviews conducted amongst the owner-managers of micro SMEs in different parts of Sweden. The study aims to fill the theoretical gap by identifying and explaining the reasons why micro SMEs in Sweden do not adopt a website. The empirical contribution is the development of managerial recommendations about how micro SMEs can overcome the barriers to adopt a website.  This research was guided by a conceptual framework, including strategic, consumer and customer, communication and interaction perspectives, as well as the perspective of the perception of websites. In order to carry out a profound analysis, we decided to apply two steps. The first step of the analysis was to connect the themes itself to theory in order to explore what the collected data represents so that reasons explaining why micro SMEs do not adopt a website could be found. The second step of the analysis included the exploration of the identified reasons in order to understand why these exist. The results from this study are expressed as six reasons why the owner-managers of micro SMEs in Sweden have not adopted a website. These reasons are: a wrong perception of a website, the lack of resources and competences, precaution, being a contractor to an umbrella company, being unaware of a website’s impact on the business and having successful network and offline-communication methods. The findings leave practitioners and researchers with an idea about what reasons are leading owners of micro SMEs to neglect a website and why these reasons exist.
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Potter, Justin Gregory. "Big data adoption in SMMEs." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52297.

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Big data and the use of big data analytics is being adopted more frequently, especially in large organisations that have the resources to deploy it. Big data analytics is allowing businesses to optimise operations and gain deeper insights into their customers needs and behaviours. There is, however, almost no published research into how big data analytics is being used by SMMEs and how they are doing this despite having constrained resources. The objective of this research was to explore the factors that contribute to the adoption of big data analytics in SMMEs. Nine qualitative, semi-structured interviews using the long interview method were conducted with respondents who worked in senior management positions in SMMEs that were using some form of big data analytics. Eight of these respondents were at EXCO level, seven had some level of business ownership and five were the Managing Directors of the organisation. The study found the use of evidence in decision-making and entrepreneurial orientation to be present. These organisations are both proactive and innovative, and limit their risk by the use of experimentation. This provides insights into how these companies develop novel business models through the use of cloud services and by providing the ability to digest and analyse data on their client s behalf. A framework is proposed and adapted. Suggestions for future research and limitations of the study are presented.
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Hitchen, Emma L. "Open Innovation in SMEs." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/458437.

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This thesis focuses on the use of open innovation in SMEs. Open innovation helps to explain how small firms with fewer resources are able to successfully compete against larger firms. This work begins with a literature review, which analyses a decade of research into the topic, and provides a framework to categorise the barriers to open innovation in SMEs. The most frequent barriers found originate within the firm, at an organisational and cultural level. Following this is a quantitative study into the use of IPR, namely patents, industrial designs, trademarks and copyrights, in SMEs. A key result is that SMEs do not benefit from IP in the same way as large firms, and that they profit from IPR in different ways, depending on the size and corresponding IPR. The final part of this thesis comprises a qualitative study of the combined use of social media and open innovation in SMEs.
Aquesta tesi se centra en l'ús de la innovació oberta a les PIME. La innovació oberta explica com petites empreses amb menys recursos poden competir amb èxit contra empreses més grans. Aquest treball comença amb una revisió de la literatura, que analitza una dècada d'investigació sobre el tema, i proporciona un marc per categoritzar les barreres a la innovació oberta ens les PIME. Les barreres més freqüents s’originen dins l'empresa, a nivell organitzatiu i cultural. La següent part és un estudi quantitatiu sobre l'ús de la propietat intel·lectual, és a dir, patents, dissenys industrials, marques registrades i drets d'autor, a les PIME. Un resultat clau és que les pimes no es beneficien de la PI de la mateixa manera que les empreses grans, i que es beneficien dels drets de PI de diferents maneres, depenent de la mida i els drets de PI corresponents. La part final d'aquesta tesi comprèn un estudi qualitatiu de l'ús combinat dels mitjans de comunicació social i la innovació oberta a les PIME.
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Eliasson, Malin, and Senida Smajovic. "CSR Communication & SMEs." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, EMM (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9433.

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Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how SMEs in the Småland region define and communicate their CSR activities towards their stakeholders.

Background: Corporate social responsbility is a topic that is widely discussed today. In many cases the CSR agenda has been adopted by many large corporations. However there is a demand from governmental bodies to spread this agenda further to include and engage small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). The main reason for this approach is due to SMEs being the most frequent type of business in Europe and is often influential in the local communities (Castka, Balzarova, Bamber, Sharp, 2004).

There is also a demand from stakeholders to receive information about CSR. Research within the field of CSR Communication has mostly been focused on large corporations. Recently, the focus has shifted towards SMEs and  it is still an emerging field.  The research  concerning CSR and CSR communication within the SME context is limited and therefore it is an important area that needs to be addressed.

Method: The purpose of this thesis was achieved by using the case study approach. Two companies; Smålandsbygg and Sköna Hem AB were investigated. Four respondents from each company were interviewed and the outcome of the interviews was analyzed together with the frame of reference.

Conclusions: According to the findings it is difficult to provide one common definition of CSR that can be applied for the two companies in the study. In general it might be difficult to provide a common definition of CSR in SMEs. According to previous research the way SMEs conduct their business is dependent on the owner and the personalities of the management. Consequently, there can be a variety of ways that SMEs are engaging in CSR or percieve CSR to be.

There are three different communication strategies when communicating CSR towards the stakeholders. It could be interpreted that both companies applied different communication strategies depending on which stakeholder they were communicating with.


 

Syfte: Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka hur små och medelstora företag definierar och kommunicerar deras CSR aktiviteter gentemot sina intressenter.

Bakgrund: Företagets sociala ansvarstagande, även kallat CSR, är ett omdiskuterat ämne idag. I många fall har CSR agendan integrerats i de flesta stora företag. Emellertid finns det ett krav från statliga organ att sprida denna agenda vidare och engagera små och medelstora företag. Den främsta anledningen för denna ansats beror på att små och medelstora företag är den mest vanligt förekommande verksamheten i Europa och tenderar att vara inflytelserika i lokalsamhället. (Castka, Balzarova, Bamber, Sharp, 2004).

Det finns också efterfrågan från olika intressenter att få information om CSR. Forskning inom området CSR kommunikation har mest varit riktad mot större företag. Nyligen, har fokus skiftat till små och medelstora företag och är fortfarande ett område på frammarsch. Forskning inom CSR och CSR kommunikation i små och medelstora företag är begränsat och är ett viktigt område som måste uppmärksammas.

Metod: Syftet med den här uppsatsen uppnåddes genom att använda en fallstudie. Två företag; Smålandsbygg och Sköna Hem AB undersöktes. Fyra personer från varje företag blev intervjuade och resultatet från dessa intervjuer analyserades tillsammans med referensramen.

Slutsats: Enligt resultaten från studien är det svårt att tillhandahålla en allmän definition när det gäller CSR som kan appliceras i de två företag som var med i studien. Generellt sett kan det vara svårt att ge en allmän definition om CSR i små och medelstora företag överhuvudtaget. Tidigare forskning visar att sättet som små och medelstora företag drivs på, påverkas av ägarna och ledningens personlighet. Följaktligen kan det finnas flera olika variationer om hur små och medelstora företag är engagerade i CSR eller hur de uppfattar CSR konceptet.

Det finns tre olika kommunikationsstrategier när man vill kommunicera CSR till olika intressenter. De två företagen i studien applicerade olika kommunikationsstrategier beroende på vilken intressent de kommunicerade med.

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Invernizzi, Anna. Overconfidence in SMEs. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66920-5.

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Bluhm, Katharina, and Rudi Schmidt, eds. Change in SMEs. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230227781.

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Bottiglia, Roberto, and Flavio Pichler, eds. Crowdfunding for SMEs. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56021-6.

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Kamar Dagang dan Industri Indonesia. Lembaga Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Usaha Kecil dan Menengah. CD-SMEs profile. Jakarta, Indonesia]: Center for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises, 2002.

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Entem, Erwann P. SMEs and export. Northampton: Nene College, 1996.

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Anthony, Anoo Anna, and Mary T. Joseph. SMEs in Indian Textiles. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137444578.

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Matt, Dominik T., Vladimír Modrák, and Helmut Zsifkovits, eds. Industry 4.0 for SMEs. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25425-4.

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Cacciolatti, Luca, and Soo Hee Lee. Entrepreneurial Marketing for SMEs. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137532589.

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Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji, and Kaushalesh Lal. SMEs and New Technologies. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230625457.

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Mackenzie, Bruce, Allan Lombard, Danie Coetsee, Tapiwa Njikizana, Raymond Chamboko, and Edwin Selbst, eds. Applying IFRS for SMEs. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119200123.

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Gupta, Arpit. "Mapping SMSes to Plain Text FAQs." In Multilingual Information Access in South Asian Languages, 157–62. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40087-2_15.

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Siadati, Hossein, Toan Nguyen, Payas Gupta, Markus Jakobsson, and Nasir Memon. "Mind Your SMSes: Mitigating Social Engineering in Second Factor Authentication." In Security, Privacy and User Interaction, 5–22. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43754-1_1.

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Suski, W., and T. Palewski. "(SmSe)1.15NbSe2." In Pnictides and Chalcogenides II, 859–60. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10713485_229.

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Invernizzi, Anna Chiara. "Managerial Overconfidence." In Overconfidence in SMEs, 1–20. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66920-5_1.

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Invernizzi, Anna Chiara. "Managerial Overconfidence of Entrepreneurs: Contextual Explanations and the Aid of Technological Developments." In Overconfidence in SMEs, 21–49. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66920-5_2.

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Invernizzi, Anna Chiara. "Level of Confidence of Male and Female Youth Soccer Players: On Detecting a False Underconfidence." In Overconfidence in SMEs, 51–71. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66920-5_3.

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Invernizzi, Anna Chiara. "Closing Remarks on Overconfidence in Business and Beyond." In Overconfidence in SMEs, 73–78. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66920-5_4.

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Bottiglia, Roberto, and Flavio Pichler. "Introduction." In Crowdfunding for SMEs, 1–3. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56021-6_1.

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Pichler, Flavio, and Ilaria Tezza. "Crowdfunding as a New Phenomenon: Origins, Features and Literature Review." In Crowdfunding for SMEs, 5–43. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56021-6_2.

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Brunetti, Federico. "Web 2.0 as Platform for the Development of Crowdfunding." In Crowdfunding for SMEs, 45–60. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56021-6_3.

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"Improving Business Capacity for Online Sales: Product Photos Training for SMSEs." In International Seminar of Research Month 2021. Galaxy Science, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.11594/nstp.2022.2413.

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Yadav, Kuldeep, Swetank K. Saha, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, and Rohit Kumra. "Take Control of Your SMSes: Designing an Usable Spam SMS Filtering System." In 2012 13th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mdm.2012.54.

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Matthews, K. "Oxonica: small & medium enterprises." In SMEs and Micro/Nanotechnology. IEE, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic:20050013.

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Saffell, J. "Tapping into nanotechnology - gas sensor opportunities." In SMEs and Micro/Nanotechnology. IEE, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic:20050014.

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O'Brien, P. "Quantum dots and their potential applications: Nanoco - the story of a still nascent company." In SMEs and Micro/Nanotechnology. IEE, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic:20050015.

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Halliwell, C. "Opportunities for SMEs in micro and nanotechnologies in FP6." In SMEs and Micro/Nanotechnology. IEE, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic:20050016.

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"Oxford University Begbroke Science Park - combines world-class applied scientific research with businesses and high-tech university spin-outs." In SMEs and Micro/Nanotechnology. IEE, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic:20050017.

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Palmer, D. "Good practice in high tech start-ups." In SMEs and Micro/Nanotechnology. IEE, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic:20050018.

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Taylor, M. "Technology transfer from the University of Oxford." In SMEs and Micro/Nanotechnology. IEE, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic:20050019.

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Santili, R. "SMEs & MNT [Applied Microengineering Ltd]." In SMEs and Micro/Nanotechnology. IEE, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic:20050010.

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Beck, Thorsten, Asli Demirguc-Kunt, and Ross Levine. SMEs, Growth, and Poverty. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w11224.

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Zahoor, Sadaf, ed. Competitive, Profitable, New-normal SMEs. Asian Productivity Organization, March 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.61145/fyfp2313.

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SMEs are the backbone of the economy, accounting for more than 99% of all companies in the world, producing more than 50% of global GDP, and generating more than 60% of total employment. Despite their contributions to job creation, innovation, exports, and overall growth, SMEs face challenges that undermine their resilience. In this P-Insights report, Dr. Sadaf Zahoor analyzes the success factors of new-normal SMEs and shares recommendations on how others can evolve into more competitive, profitable enterprises.
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Diedrichs, Eva, ed. Digital Innovation Process Guide. Asian Productivity Organization, October 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.61145/ucnq6294.

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SMEs must embrace digital innovation to achieve business agility and compete in global markets. However, they are faced with many barriers. This handbook for manufacturing SMEs comprises conceptual framework, tools, and templates that have been tested by almost 100 manufacturing SMEs in several APO member countries. Developed with the support of the APO Center of Excellence on IT for Industry 4.0, the handbook aims to support SMEs to overcome barriers and undertake digital innovation.
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Ezaki, Hideyuki. Innovation Creation in SMEs: Lessons from Japan. Asian Productivity Organization, March 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.61145/ypwx8224.

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Fazlollahtabar, Hamed, ed. Business Analytics for SME Productivity. Asian Productivity Organization, May 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.61145/slsj5506.

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This P-Insights report, "Business Analytics for SME Productivity," emphasizes the importance of productivity for the survival and growth of SMEs. By employing business analytics (BA), SMEs can reap significant benefits and transform with changing times. Dr. Hamed Fazlollahtabar provides a comprehensive guide with step-by-step techniques on how SMEs and business analysts can successfully use BA to enhance productivity.
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Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier, Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Veronika Penciakova, and Nick Sander. COVID-19 and SMEs: A 2021 "Time Bomb"? Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w28418.

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Hossain, Monzur, Naoyuki Yoshino, and Kenmei Tsubota. Sustainable Financing Strategies for SMEs: Two Alternative Models. Asian Development Bank Institute, June 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.56506/htqa5302.

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Brun, Matthieu. Impact assessment of Bpifrance’s financial support to SMEs’ innovation projects. Fteval - Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation, April 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.22163/fteval.2022.555.

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This paper evaluates the economic impact of Bpifrance’s financial programmes to support SMEs’ Research, Development and Innovation (RDI), called individual aid for innovation (IA). It focuses on the analysis of subsidies and zero-interest loans granted to SMEs over three years old during the period 2005-2018 in order to foster their RDI activity (R&D expenses and spending related to the development of innovative products, processes or services) and economic growth (turnover, employment). We use a difference-in-differences methodology combined with a propensity score matching procedure to compare supported SMEs with non-supported SMEs with same initial characteristics. This counterfactual analysis is based on a unique dataset containing both financial and non-financial information about millions of French companies. Up to 12,000 SMEs supported over the 2005-2016 period have thus been analysed, making this study the first to estimate the effect of Bpifrance’s individual aid for innovation on such a scale and using such detailed information.
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Jin, Byoungho, Elena Cedrola, Letizia Trabaldo Togna, and Naeun Kim. How can Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Successfully Evolve? Lessons learned from Apparel and Textile SMEs in Biella, Italy. Ames: Iowa State University, Digital Repository, November 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/itaa_proceedings-180814-1568.

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Haarsager, Ulrike, Jose Ignacio Sembler, Roland Michelitsch, Maria Fernanda Rodrigo, Nadia Ramírez, María Camila García Jiménez, Maya Jansson, and Richard Rutherford. Evaluation of Direct Support to SMEs by the IIC. Inter-American Development Bank, May 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0000731.

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