ICT access and use in enterprises

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The application of ICTs to enterprise development can be considered in two broad categories

MEC Microenterprise credit

f) Assist women entrepreneurs to increase their competitiveness through the use of ICT

The programme is promoting the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to make enterprises, in particular SMEs, better fit for the e economy and increase their competitiveness.

(a) Microenterprise Credit (MEC)

Product and company information

Article 68 The competent authorities of finance and their employees shall properly use the financial information of the enterprises they have seized, perform the obligation of confidentiality under law, and may not take advantage of such information to seek interest for themselves or injure the interests of any enterprise.

However, 51 per cent of enterprises with Internet access used the Internet to obtain information from public authorities, 46 per cent for obtaining forms and 32 per cent for returning filled in forms.

Similarly, without creating business and consumer confidence by restoring fiscal control, the use of incentives to stimulate entrepreneurship and business start ups may not be enough.

Microenterprise credit product

62. Micro enterprise credit programme.

69. Microenterprise credit programme.

It was pointed out that a provision along the lines of paragraph (1) would result in an enhanced access to lower cost credit for small and medium size enterprises on which often anti assignment clauses were imposed by large enterprises.

The cost of connectivity is one the major factors limiting the extent to which enterprises, particularly those of developing countries, incorporate ICT into their business processes.

c. Provision of credit for small businesses

Section II Telecommunications and the globalization of international trade A vital role for SMEs

2 Business Combination

Tourism enterprises in developing countries, particularly SMEs, face challenges in taking full advantage of opportunities because of their slow adoption of ICTs.

THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS, ENTERPRISES AND INSTITUTIONS

Despite the massive potential for ICTs to enable higher productivity and greater business participation, numerous obstacles remain in business adoption of ICTs, including low income levels, low literacy rates, lack of native language content and widespread lack of Internet awareness in business.

Based on an enterprise, i.e., made up of workers employed in the same enterprise.

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60. Support programmes should be designed to help promote inter firm linkages among SMEs and between them and larger firms so as to improve skills, business information and production, marketing and sales opportunities of SMEs through inter firm and market networks.

EUTELSAT satellites are used by OTE and other enterprises in Greece mainly for TV and business services.

No cases are reported of industrial establishments employing children.

Its scope of application covered all undertakings, including State enterprises.

Due to an alleged failure from ENTEL to comply with the contract terms, the company filed an administrative claim against ENTEL in 1987, which was dismissed in May 1988.

For businesses that do not have strong, well established credit ratings, term loan financing will generally be available only if the business is able to grant security rights in its assets to secure the financing.

3. A vital role for SMEs

The application of ICT to business processes (e business) can be a powerful tool for small businesses and rural entrepreneurs, enabling them to compete in the knowledge based global economy by providing them with market information and to make their business processes more efficient.

Many of the projects to introduce MIS have been based on the introduction of ERP systems, thus the introduction of a common payroll system should be carefully planned in the wider context of an ERP.

44. In recognition of the vital role of small and medium scale enterprises (SME) in development, ECA has concentrated its efforts on defining programmes that allow microenterprises access to equity capital and credit.

What is the role of corporations, business and industry associations?

Enterprises engaged in rationed sale of guns for civilian use shall, within the quota for rationed sale, sell such guns manufactured by the designated enterprises.

We must also focus on strengthening micro business and small and medium sized enterprises in order to overcome the barriers blocking access to credit.

Some firms tend to attach greater importance than others to such matters as the use of local resources, decentralization of decision making, and recourse to subcontracting and other inter firm arrangements.

Similarly, without creating business and consumer confidence by restoring fiscal control, the use of incentives to stimulate entrepreneurship and business start ups may not be enough.

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External information providers offer evidence of creditworthiness, strengthen credit negotiations with banks and reinforce the position of SMEs relative to their competitors and business partners.

These programmes comprised the business partnership programme, information services, SME cluster and network development, export consortia, rural and women's entrepreneurship development, and SME enabling framework and institutional support.

These results were for large businesses, since micro and small businesses were mostly unaware of the programme (62 per cent to date).

They include firms in the telecommunication, broadcasting, publishing, computing and software industries.