E-business, innovation and SMEs: the significance of hosted services and firm aggregations

Authors: Brown, David H.¹; Lockett, Nigel²

Source: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Volume 7, Number 1, 27 January 2007 , pp. 92-112(21)

Publisher: Inderscience Publishers

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Abstract:

Against a background of the low engagement of Small- to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in e-business this paper investigates the significance of hosted services and firm aggregations. On the basis of qualitative case studies of aggregations of SMEs, the research shows how e-business-based innovation can occur, and identifies the extent to which the aggregation factor contributes to this innovation. The research confirms existing understanding of the importance of network-based aggregations but adds to this with further detail and examples, including the 'outsourcing' of innovation to the Application Service Providers (ASPs).

Keywords: MANAGEMENT JOURNALS; Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2007.012175

Affiliations: 1: Department of Management Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YX, UK. 2: Department of Management Science, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YX, UK

Publication date: 2007-01-27

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