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Comparison of Empirical Data from Two Honeynets and a Distributed Honeypot Network
In this paper, the authors present empirical results and speculative analysis based on observations collected over a two month period from studies with two high-interaction honeynets, deployed in a corporate and an SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) environment, and a distributed honeypots deployment. All three networks contain a mixture of...
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Detecting Clones in Business Applications
A business application automates a collection of business processes. A business process describes how a set of logically related tasks are executed, ordered and managed by following business rules to achieve business objectives. An online bookstore business application contains several tasks such as buying a book, ordering a book, and...
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Enabling Factors for Innovation by Small Contractors
The inbuilt flexibility of small business can be one of its most effective assets. Despite this, the factors that actually enable small construction businesses to deliver innovation are diverse. In order to shed light on the processes involved, case study interviews were conducted with the proponents of recognised successful innovations....
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ASP Effects in the Small Sized Enterprise: A Case of Bizmeka of Korea Telecom
An Application Service Provider (ASP) is a business model providing Information Technology (IT) enabled solutions to customers over the Internet. Utilizing an ASP model, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can acquire affordable IT solutions. Korea Telecom (KT), a leading IT company in Korea, provides an ASP service called Bizmeka to...
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Effective Business Process Outsourcing: The Prosero Approach
The convergence between business process modeling and the service-oriented architecture has created a significant opportunity for Information Technology (IT) system integrators: they can offer effective business process outsourcing for Small Medium Enterprises (SME)s that often cannot afford the cost of designing, provisioning, and operating their own software service bus. In...
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Current Status of Technology Adoption: Micro, Small and Medium Manufacturing Firms in Boston
Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) are important to the US economy and, in particular, to the high-tech sector. SMEs employ half of all private sector employees, generate 60 to 80 % of new jobs annually, and employ about 39% of high-tech workers such as scientist, engineers and computer workers....
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Board Roles in Small and Medium-Sized Family Businesses: Performance and Importance
The board of directors is regarded as one of the most imperative governance mechanisms in small and medium-sized family firms. Empirical studies examining both the roles these boards fulfill in a family business context, as well as evaluating the CEO's perceived importance of these roles, are scarce. Founded by a...
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Competition and Innovative Intentions: A Study of Dutch SMEs
This paper explores the complex relationship between competition and innovation. Traditional measures of competition using industry statistics are often challenged and found wanting. This paper distinguishes between three types of competitive forces: internal rivalry among incumbent firms in an industry, bargaining power of suppliers, and bargaining power of buyers. Using...
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AMI-SME: An Exploratory Approach to Knowledge Retrieval for SME's
Increasing competition and globalisation trends are challenging companies to expand the target markets for their products and services into foreign countries. The process of internationalisation necessitates many decisions. Adequate information about the specific industry niche is required to support decision making and ensure the successful implementation of the internationalisation strategy....
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Competency-Based Training in SMEs: The Role of E-Learning and E-Competence
In this paper, the authors examine the training situation of European Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), especially in regard to e-learning. While e-learning has been widely presented as the solution for the training needs of SMEs, analyses of the real situation show quite another picture. Some of these analyses are...
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