An Examination of Regional Policy Implications Pertaining to SME E-Business Adoption in South-East Wales

Brychan Thomas; Christopher Miller; Geoff Simmons

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An Examination of Regional Policy Implications Pertaining to SME E-Business Adoption in South-East Wales

Brychan Thomas^*, Christopher Miller, Geoff Simmons

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Abstract

Regional policy frameworks need to focus on strengthening the ICT infrastructure, clarifying market rules to build user confidence, developing networks, facilitating ICT-enabled clustering and infrastructure sharing.

One region where e-business has had a particular impact for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in recent years is South-East Wales (SEW).
Results from the survey demonstrated that nearly all firms used some form of information communication technology (ICT).
There are therefore real opportunities to develop and diversify the SEW regional economy through e-business.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	429-446
Number of pages	18
Journal	Strategic Change
Volume	24
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2020
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2015

Keywords

SME
small and medium sized enterprises
E-business
South-East Wales
ICT
internet business
infrastructure

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