Small and Medium Enterprises and ICT/Suggestions for Further Reading

Small and Medium Enterprises and ICT

List of Acronyms — Forword — Overview — Concepts and Definitions — SME Adoption of ICT — General Policy Framework for ICT Adoption by SMEs — Specific Policy Recommendations for Governments — Suggestions for Further Reading — Works Cited — Notes — About the Author

Andam, Zorayda Ruth. 2003. e-Commerce and e-Business, Kuala Lumpur: UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme. http://www.apdip.net/publications/iespprimers/eprimer-ecom.pdf and http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/E-Commerce_and_E-Business

Caddis, David. 2004.‘Bridging the IT/Business Divide: Aligning Goals to Achieve Performance’.

Cassidy, Anita. 2002. A Practical Guide to Planning for E-business Success: How to E-enable Your Enterprise. Florida: CRC Press.

Duncombe, Richard, et. al. 2005. eCommerce for Small Enterprise Development: A Handbook for Enterprise Support Agencies in Developing Countries. Manchester: Institute for Development Policy and Management. http://www.ecomm4dev.org/handbooks.htm

Duncombe, Richard, et. al. 2005. eCommerce for Small Enterprise Development: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries. Manchester: Institute for Development Policy and Management. http://www.ecomm4dev.org/handbooks.htm

I4d magazine of September 2006 on ICTs and SME. http://www.i4donline.net/archive/index.asp infoDev’s Business Incubation: Promoting ICT-Enabled Entrepreneurship. http://www.infodev.org/en/Topic.8.html

iSoft, 2004. Best Practices for Achieving the ‘Connected Enterprise’,White Paper. http://www.ec-edi.biz/content/download/whit-163-20040923-Connected-Enterprise.pdf

Keane Inc., 2004.‘A Balanced Approach to Offshore Outsourcing: Gain Strategic Improvements in Business Performance’. http://www.keane.com/keane_ideas/whitepapers/664_678.htm

Nugent, Mary. 2004.‘The Four Phases of IT/Business Alignment’. http://www.cioupdate.com/insights/article.php/3446591

OECD. 1996. The Knowledge-based Economy. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.http://www.oecd.org/document/14/0,2340,en_2649_34273_1894478_1_1_1_1,00.html

Overby, Stephanie. 2005.‘What Leadership Looks Like?’ http://www.cio.com/archive/071505/otw_winners.html

Pearlman, Ellen and Edward H. Baker. 2005.‘Measure of Alignment Predicts Success’. http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,1874109,00.asp

UNESCAP, ADBI, APWINC, ITU. 2006. Entrepreneurship and E-Business Development for Women. Thailand: United Nations. http://www.unescap.org/icstd/applications/projects/GreenCoops/Entrepreneurship%20Report-PDF.pdf