Start-ups and SMEs concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications

"This book examines the strategies and concepts that will assist small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve competitiveness. It also explores the latest advances and developments for creating a system of shared values and beliefs in small business environments"--

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Corporate Author: Information Resources Management Association (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hershey, PA Business Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • Volume I. Section 1. Fundamental concepts and theories. Chapter 1. To lend or not to lend: exploring the early days of peer-to-peer lending to small businesses ; Chapter 2. Basic types of project initiators: contributor relations in platform-based online crowdfunding ; Chapter 3. Crowdfunding and slow money: challengers or partners a field perspective ; Chapter 4. High-growth SMEs: a specific research object ; Chapter 5. Business incubation in Malaysia: an overview of multimedia super corridor, small and medium enterprises, and incubators in Malaysia
  • Section 2. Development and design methodologies. Chapter 6. A model to reduce the risk of projects guided by the knowledge management process: application on industrial services ; Chapter 7. Design methods for decision support systems: a perspective of small business B2C e-commerce environment ; Chapter 8. How to launch a successful crowdfunding campaign ; Chapter 9. A risk integration framework for the service-oriented enterprise ; Chapter 10. Social media strategies for small and medium scale enterprise in the Klang Valley Region of Malaysia ; Chapter 11. Metacognition of organization members as the basis of learning strategy in higher school ; Chapter 12. Exploring the determinants of organizational resilience in Islamic banks: a framework development ; Chapter 13. AHP-driven knowledge leakage risk assessment model: a construct-apply-control cycle approach ; Chapter 14. Towards a hybrid MAS organizational model: combining the ACMAS and OCMAS viewpoints ; Chapter 15. Can social dynamics be channeled from offline to online communities?: commitment, compliance, and cooperation from microfinance to crowdfunding ; Chapter 16. Plan for prevention of risks of corruption and related infractions: the application of FMEA methodology ; Chapter 17. Application of FMEA to study the risk perception of SMEs throughout the ERP adoption life cycle ; Chapter 18. Towards a framework to improve IT security and IT risk management in small and medium enterprises ; Chapter 19. Adoption of online marketing for service SMEs with multi-criteria decision-making approach
  • Section 3. Tools and technologies. Chapter 20. Crowdfunding for non-profits: opportunities and challenges ; Chapter 21. Horizontal crowdfunding platforms: socio-economic impact and exogenous/endogenous system of rules ; Chapter 22. Vertical and community-based crowdfunding platforms ; Chapter 23. Crowdfunding as a marketing tool ; Chapter 24. The diffusion of voluntary ISO 26000 among SMEs: evidence from Taiwan ; Chapter 25. Human-factor-based risk management in the healthcare to improve patient safety ; Chapter 26. Insurance as an optimization tool for risk management in small and medium-sized enterprises ; Chapter 27. Regression analysis for environmental practices: participation among Finnish SMEs ; Chapter 28. Student projects and virtual collaboration in IT degrees: incorporating entrepreneurship into study programmes ; Chapter 29. Cloud service footprint (CSF): utilizing risk and governance directions to characterize a cloud service
  • Volume II. Chapter 30. Project portfolio management: tool for strategy implementation in non-governmental organizations ; Chapter 31. Risks assessment using fuzzy Petri nets for ERP extension in small and medium enterprises ; Chapter 32. Information management for network transformation in industrial enterprises associations: the case of the internationalization process ; Chapter 33. A new maturity model for project risk management in the automotive industry ; Chapter 34. E-commerce in small and medium enterprises in Sri Lanka
  • Section 4. Utilization and applications. Chapter 35. Addressing risks in global software development and outsourcing: a reflection of practice ; Chapter 36. Continuous improvement relationship to risk management: the relationship between them ; Chapter 37. Internet finance ; Chapter 38. Running successful crowdfunding campaigns for non-profits ; Chapter 39. SMEs in Nigeria: exploring coopetition ; Chapter 40. Effective approaches in higher education development: a survey in fundraising best practices ; Chapter 41. Relevance of entrepreneurship in TVET ; Chapter 42. Crowdfunding, entrepreneurship, and design education: case study of a campaign by design students from China ; Chapter 43. Factors comprising effective risk communication, decision-making, and measurement of IT and IA risk ; Chapter 44. Determinants of self-employment entry: evidence from Portugal ; Chapter 45. Building entrepreneurial networking quality to improve the success of innovation and Batik SMEs performance ; Chapter 46. The relationship between entrepreneurial competencies, competitive intelligence, and innovative performance among SMEs from an emerging country: competitive intelligence in SMEs ; Chapter 47. Exploring the factors to green IT adoption of SMEs in the Philippines ; Chapter 48. Real estate crowdfunding: 2015 and beyond ; Chapter 49. The impacts of trait emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial self-efficacy on perceived behavioral control among undergraduate students ; Chapter 50. Entrepreneurship development in northeast region of Romania ; Chapter 51. Maximising value through IT and business alignment: a case of IT governance institutionalisation at a Thai bank ; Chapter 52. Information and communication technology for SMEs' competitiveness ; Chapter 53. Optimizing virtual communities in tourism to facilitate development of small and medium-sized enterprises ; Chapter 54. Working capital financing by banks in small enterprises: problems and challenges for Bangladesh
  • Section 5. Organizational and social implications. Chapter 55. Risk management usage and impact on information systems project success ; Chapter 56. Intermediating crowdfunding: a foundational assessment
  • Volume III. Chapter 57. Proactive law as competitive advantage in crowdfunding ; Chapter 58. Does crowdfunding (creatively) disturb the conventional (banking) alliances with support networks for financing (micro- )entrepreneurs? ; Chapter 59. Understanding and adoption of e-finance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Developing countries: a study of Bangladesh and South Africa ; Chapter 60. Factors driving firms from emerging countries into the global market: the case of Chinese SMEs entering the North East of England ; Chapter 61. Information and communication technology adoption in SMEs in Sri Lanka: current level of ICT usage and perceived barriers ; Chapter 62. An exploratory study of the impact of government policies on the development of small and medium enterprises in Developing countries: the case of Nigeria ; Chapter 63. Handling uncertainty in project management and business development: similarities and differences ; Chapter 64. Building sustainable enterprises through innovations in Bulgaria ; Chapter 65. Increasing project success in China from the perspectives of project risk, methodology, tool use, and organizational support ; Chapter 66. Challenges for innovation due to firm size: the case of Brazilian industrial firms ; Chapter 67. The importance role e-collaboration capability and information system maturity on knowledge sharing and SMEs marketing performance
  • Section 6. Managerial impact. Chapter 68. IT strategic planning through CSF approach in modern organizations ; Chapter 69. Alternative research funding mechanisms: make funding fit for science 2.0 ; Chapter 70. The role of philanthropy on the strategic planning process of a selective liberal arts and science college ; Chapter 71. E-marketing for SMEs ; Chapter 72. Fostering environmental performance management within Indian SMEs ; Chapter 73. Coping better with the project s unknown unknowns: new competences for overcoming uncertainty in projects ; Chapter 74. Entrepreneurial action as metaphorical process and its metaphorics ; Chapter 75.
  • Knowledge leakage when SMEs participate in supply chains: what is it about and how can it occur? ; Chapter 76. Strategic IT alignment in service sector ; Chapter 77. Technological change perspective for ERP implementation in small and medium enterprises
  • Section 7. Critical issues and challenges. Chapter 78. Using marketing to implement a strategic plan: reflection of practiced literature ; Chapter 79. Startup success trends in small business beyond five-years: a qualitative research study ; Chapter 80. Exploring the spheres of crowdfunding ; Chapter 81. A framework for research on information technology governance in SMEs ; Chapter 82. Understanding knowledge management spectrum for SMEs in global scenario ; Chapter 83. Exploring the research domain of IT governance in the SME context ; Chapter 84. Critical review of SME regulation optimization in Serbia: a reflection on harmonization with the EU acquis ; Chapter 85. Are the payments system and e-banking in India safer than in other SAARC members? ; Chapter 86. The role of culture in IT governance five focus areas: a literature review.