Cases on SMEs Digital Innovations

Katia Passerini (), Ayman El Tarabishy () and Karen Patten ()
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Katia Passerini: New Jersey Institute of Technology
Ayman El Tarabishy: The George Washington University
Karen Patten: University of South Carolina

Chapter Chapter 7 in Information Technology for Small Business, 2012, pp 91-109 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract To help explain some of the concepts addressed throughout the book, in this chapter, we present four case studies. Each case concerns a small entrepreneurial company that has innovatively used information technology (IT) to achieve success. These cases were all developed as one part of a collaborative research project between the International Council of Small Business (ICSB) and Dell, Inc. While the four companies are quite different, representing a variety of industries, they have important commonalities in the way they used IT for innovation. The countries and companies represented by these cases include: United States—Transport Designs Italy—Tecnomodel Canada—Fifth P Solutions United Kingdom—Wiggly Wigglers. Each of the companies was a national winner of the 2008 “Dell Small Business Excellence Award.” Wiggly Wigglers was the overall world winner.

Keywords: Social Medium; Tacit Knowledge; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Factory Floor; Sewing Machine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3040-7_7

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