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Implementation of IT/IS in Indian SMES: Challenges and Opportunities

by Nazir Ahmad, Jamshed Siddiqui
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 61 - Number 21
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: Nazir Ahmad, Jamshed Siddiqui
10.5120/10203-4957

Nazir Ahmad, Jamshed Siddiqui . Implementation of IT/IS in Indian SMES: Challenges and Opportunities. International Journal of Computer Applications. 61, 21 ( January 2013), 14-19. DOI=10.5120/10203-4957

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author = { Nazir Ahmad, Jamshed Siddiqui },
title = { Implementation of IT/IS in Indian SMES: Challenges and Opportunities },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { January 2013 },
volume = { 61 },
number = { 21 },
month = { January },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 14-19 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume61/number21/10203-4957/ },
doi = { 10.5120/10203-4957 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

Globalisation has forced SMEs to think beyond the traditional methodology, in the present scenario Indian SMEs are facing competition from within the country as well as from other developing countries. Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a crucial role to play because of their potential contributions to employment creation, improvement of income distribution, poverty reduction, growth of exports of manufactured products, and development of entrepreneurship, manufacturing industry, and rural economy. It is widely stated in the literature that SMEs in developing countries are important. IT/IS play decisive role in increasing the profitability of the organization. Competitiveness among the SMEs is makes them to think about the use of current available technology. Becoming an inherent part in large organisations, IT is a mechanism that enables SMEs to respond to customer requirements efficiently by enabling information to be transmitted. SMEs endeavour to manage the knowledge sharing process and inter-organizational knowledge. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is best and effective available technology that can be adopted by Indian SMEs to survive the competition. This paper will focus on the available technologies that can be adopted by SMEs for maximizing benefits by taking quick and accurate decision such as ERP.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Small and medium enterprises Technology adoption Enterprise Resource Planning IT/IS Evolution of technology