SMALL-FIRM COMPUTING - MOTIVATORS AND INHIBITORS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: CRAGG, PB; KING, M
• 署名单位: Loughborough University
• 刊物名称: MIS QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0276-7783
• DOI: 10.2307/249509
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 47-60
• 关键词: SMALL BUSINESS; information-systems; stage hypothesis; ORGANIZATIONS; management; TECHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; strategy; success

摘要

This paper examines information system evolution in small firms. It focuses on applications growth, and uses the experiences of six small manufacturing firms to identify motivators and inhibitors of growth. Many factors were identified. Motivators of growth included: improved enthusiasm for the technology. Inadequate resources and limited education about information systems were among the factors that inhibited applications growth.