The main barriers to Internet adoption and to developing a Web presence are simply the concern that the Internet or the Website would not lead to more efficiency or lower costs. However, the benefits that Dutch small firms are deriving from their Websites can be described as `border-crossing...
However, due to the lack of knowledge and expertise of new technologies and many other reasons, the e-adoption rate for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) still lags behind. This paper investigates the e-adoption status for SMEs in the Bury area of Greater Manchester, UK. To conduct...
Adoption and desirable characteristics of Information and Communication Technologies for urban small-scale food producers in South Africadoi:10.3389/fsufs.2024.1332978Alfonsi, Robert MassimoNaidoo, MerleGasparatos, AlexandrosFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems...
Small businesses require exceptionalcustomer service softwareto effectively manage and respond to customer inquiries, build strong relationships, streamline operations, and compete with larger enterprises. High-quality customer service is a key differentiator and driver of success for small businesses. ...
To enhance farmers’ adoption, cassava pests and disease control through insecticide applications needs to be cost-effective and practical [22]. This study investigated the economic viability of different insecticide application treatments used by smallholder farmers in Uganda to control whiteflies in cassa...
This study, therefore, advances the current understanding on the predictors of innovation and enriches the dynamic capabilities theory, and also provides empirical support for the sustainable development of small firms. Keywords: social capital; new product development; dynamic capabilities; small business...
Surging Adoption of 5G Network Technologies by Governments and Implementation of Internet of Thing (IoT) Devices to Aid Market Growth Globally, the deployment of 5G infrastructure is rapidly growing in developed countries such as the U.S., Germany, France, the U.K., and others. According to ...
Current approaches face severe performance degradation due to SLMs' limited semantic understanding and text processing capabilities, creating barriers for widespread adoption in resource-constrained scenarios. To address these fundamental limitations, we present MiniRAG, a novel RAG system designed for ...
However, e-commerce adoption of SMEs has not increased the export intensity nevertheless. It probably implies SME exporters have not strongly took advantage of e-commerce to export market substantially. With data analysis, e-commerce of Thai SMEs mostly still lacks full functionality of e-commerce ...
Thanks to this high level of diversification and VBK’s ultra-low expense ratio, the fund could make for a superb addition to portfolios of investors who are looking for small caps but are seeking a higher risk/reward profile in the space. However, it should be noted that there are ...