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An online system to guide etransforming SMEs

Hol, Ana - University of Western Sydney; College of Health and Science; … - 2009

Throughout the centuries, business lives have been changing and modifying. Each era in history brought new needs, demands and requirements. During the Agricultural era land and tools played important roles, while during the Industrial era machines and factories played a dominant role in shaping...

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An innovative postgraduate program on enterprise resource planning : Master Of Business (ERP) : incorporating SAP R/3 system and related products at University of Western Sydney, A...

Samaranayake, Premaratne; Jayaraman, Veerappan; Liu, B.; … - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006

aims to develop integrative enterprise skills in a holistic business process management perspective, and provide ability to … Management (MM), Quality Management (QM), Production Planning (PP), Sales and Distribution (SD), Financial (FI) and Controlling … Management (SCM), Business Information Warehouse (BW), Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM), Customer Relations Management (CRM …

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Sources of innovation and ideas in ICT Firms in Australia

Hyland, Paul W.; Marceau, Jane; Sloan, Terrence R. - University of Central Queensland; University of Western …; … - 2004

This paper examines a sample of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) firms in Australia drawn from a wide range of product and service providers throughout the Sydney region. It researches the sources of information and ideas that firms utilise to sustain their competitive position...

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Scales measuring characteristics of small businesses information systems

Armstrong, Bruce; Fogarty, Gerard J.; Dingsdag, Donald P.; … - Southern Cross University; University of Southern Queensland; … - 2007

There is a definite focus in Information Systems (IS) research that is based around the identification of variables that measure the factors that influence IS success in small business. Identification of measures is of importance to the individuals running those businesses as well as researchers...

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A unified framework for trust management

Zhao, Weiliang; Varadharajan, Vijay; Bryan, George; … - University of Western Sydney; Macquarie University; … - 2006

In this paper, we propose a unified framework for trust management that can cover a broad variety of trust mechanisms … including reputations, credentials, local data and environment parameters. The proposed trust management framework leverages … and enabling tools for trust management. Under this framework, different trust mechanisms can be assembled together when …

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The Chinese telecommunications market in transition

Chan, Alvin; Low, Brian; Ahmed, Farid; Yau, Hanming; … - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2004

This paper provides an assessment of the Chinese telecommunications market in transition. It tracks the evolution of the Chinese telecommunications carriers and argues that their economic imperatives, notwithstanding progress, will be slow if they do not exercise the political will in untangling...

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Building innovative capabilities in SMEs through virtual and knowledge networks

Bretherton, Phil; Beckett, Ronald C.; Soosay, Claudine A.; … - University of Central Queensland; University of Western …; … - 2006

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are constantly confronting formidable and competitive challenges. In their midst, to stay abreast of larger firms or international markets, a small number is still able to insulate themselves from the pervasive effects of competition, technology advancement...

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Smart tools to support meta-design paradigm for developing web based business applications

Ginige, Athula; Xufeng, Liang; Marmaridis, Makis; … - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2007

Many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) tend to gradually adopt Web based business applications to enhance their business processes. To support this gradual adoption we need a framework that supports iterative development. Further processes that have been supported by web based business...

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A study of atmosphere in international inter-firm relationships

Sutton-Brady, Catherine - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2001

To date little empirical research has been undertaken into relationship atmosphere, yet the literature leads one to the conclusion that this is a key or central factor in developing the relationship between firms and in shaping the characteristics of that relationship over time.Given that the...

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Export growth and strategy : the case of China's emerging exporters

Evangelista, F. U.; Mac, Lancy; Aomen da xue; Mahony, Greg - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2004

While there is an influx of foreign investment into China, Chinese companies are also extending their interest overseas. Globalisation takes on various forms: the most common of which is direct exporting while a few chose to establish manufacturing facilities overseas (like Haier). The cases...

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