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E-Business, Innovation and SMEs: The Significance of Hosted Services and Firm Aggregations

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dc.creator Lockett, Nigel
dc.creator Brown, D.H.
dc.date 2008-10-08T09:36:44Z
dc.date 2008-10-08T09:36:44Z
dc.date 2007
dc.identifier Brown, D.H. and Lockett, N. (2007). E-Business, Innovation and SMEs: The Significance of Hosted Services and Firm Aggregations. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 92-112.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10454/751
dc.description Yes
dc.description Against a background of the low engagement of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in e-business this paper investigates the significance of hosted services and firm aggregations. Based on qualitative case studies of aggregations of SMEs the research shows how e-business based innovation can occur, and identifies the extent to which the aggregation factor contributes to this innovation. The research confirms existing understanding of the importance of network based aggregations but adds to this with further detail and examples, including the `outsourcing¿ of innovation to the application service providers (ASPs).
dc.language en
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dc.rights © 2007 Inderscience Publishing. Reproduced in accordance with the publishers' self-archiving policy.
dc.subject SMEs
dc.subject ICT Adoption
dc.subject Networks
dc.subject Hosted Applications
dc.subject Intermediaries
dc.subject Innovation
dc.title E-Business, Innovation and SMEs: The Significance of Hosted Services and Firm Aggregations
dc.type Article


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