eBusiness sceneries within SME's

Abstract

The rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICT) has been deeply modifying the business environment. However, while most large companies invested time, money and human resources to modify their strategies and exploit the opportunities related to the business use of ICT, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) often lack the internal competencies needed to correctly understand these changes and to realize how to better exploit the related opportunities. Therefore, it is interesting to analyse the business use of ICT within SMEs in order to highlight the most effective strategic choices and future trends. This paper outlines the basic results of a research on these topics carried out on a sample of about 200 SMEs.