STAGE MODEL FOR THE INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT OF IT&C BY SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES STUDY CASE: SMES WITHIN DOLJ COUNTY, ROMANIA Cover Image

STAGE MODEL FOR THE INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT OF IT&C BY SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES STUDY CASE: SMES WITHIN DOLJ COUNTY, ROMANIA
STAGE MODEL FOR THE INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT OF IT&C BY SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES STUDY CASE: SMES WITHIN DOLJ COUNTY, ROMANIA

Author(s): Tudor Nistorescu, Silvia-Mihaela Pavel, Adina Constantinescu
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Risoprint
Keywords: Small Medium Sized Enterprises; IT&C; integration management; internet; E-commerce

Summary/Abstract: The most recent researches have proved the fact that SMEs are rapidly adopting the new technologies such as the internet and the E-Commerce. Despite this fact, there are only few systematic researches concerning the way the SMEs adopt the web 2.0 instruments. Our current research proposes a stage model for the integration of IT&C tools by the small and medium sized enterprises. The quantitative and qualitative data was obtained by semi-structured interviews conducted with top management representatives of SMEs from Dolj County, and by by analyzing the websites of a representative sample of enterprises from the same region. By correlating the results we have defined the different specific stages of the integration process of the new IT&C tools by the SMEs in Dolj, Romania.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 62-622
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English
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