DMSs can provide solutions for business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) e commerce.

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SMEs in the software industry are disproportionately more internationalized than SMEs in manufacturing activities This reflects the competitiveness of Indian SMEs in software activities.

The easy to use manager (ERP CRM) for small and medium enterprises or foundations

Table 7. Top ten SMEs and large sized enterprises from Indian manufacturing

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

OFDI by Argentine SMEs in the autoparts, agricultural machinery and software sector is prominent.

In enterprise debt, IMF's report suggests that comprehensive measures can be taken to address enterprise debt issues.

Enhancing enterprise productivity and competitiveness (e.g. supply chain management) and Creating new enterprises (e.g. a start up company in software).

Dispute settlement cases relating to services

Through capacity building activities, aimed at developing country researchers, lecturers and industry software engineers, UNU IIST is addressing the software technology needs of developing countries

Addressing the needs of SMEs

In the software sector, SMEs are relatively younger and have a higher R D intensity but lower technology import intensity, compared with the larger enterprises.

Software SMEs contributed significantly to OFDI stock (47 per cent), whereas manufacturing OFDI by SMEs was small (table 6).

OFDI by software SMEs, similar to manufacturing SMEs, has been prominent since the 1990s, which coincided with the second wave of Indian OFDI (figure 4).

For software SMEs, the developed countries were the most favoured destinations.

60. Small scale enterprise programme.

67. Small scale enterprise programme.

This would give the company an incentive to ensure that new versions are compatible with and significantly better than old versions otherwise the new versions wouldn t sell, or at least not easily. If Microsoft s new software had to compete successfully at least against its old software, we would know the world was improving.

48. Surveys conducted indicate that entrepreneurs are often not aware of the contents or existence of business support programmes.

While SMEs in the software sector are less export oriented in their OFDI activities, compared with larger ones, they are relatively more export oriented in the manufacturing sector.

Some external transitional help to meet the cost of such SME support programmes may thus be needed.

Business partnership programme.

62. Micro enterprise credit programme.

69. Microenterprise credit programme.

Argentine software SMEs such as Idea Factory, Cubika and Sistemas Estratégios S.A. have also invested abroad.

They are ACE Laboratories, REPL Engineering, Liberty Shoes, Roto Pumps, Superhouse, Aftek Infosys and CGVAK Software Exports.

57. The University s software technology programme strengthens developing countries knowledge of advanced software and helps them reduce their dependence on innovations from industrial countries.

In April 2005, the HLCM endorsed eight priority areas for business case development of which common application solution was one.

Specialized application software that relates to programmes will improve programme delivery.

Subprogramme 4 Microfinance and microenterprise

In addition to its microfinance services, the microfinance and microenterprise programme continued to provide a number of business training and entrepreneurship courses through its small and microenterprise training programme.

People have used this software to map everything from roads to rivers, from schools to local businesses, and video stores to the corner store.

Finally, the programme runs a very efficient and cost effective small and microenterprise training programme in the Gaza Strip, which contributes to the promotion of entrepreneurship and the improvement of business skills in the local enterprise community.

Microfinance and Microenterprise Programme

Small and microenterprise training programme

Through a program of observational research, brainstorming new solutions and rapid prototyping, they've developed a completely new way to change shift.

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.

In India, for instance, there are examples of the job creation potential of ICTs in the software industry, where more than 350,000 people are employed.

Furthermore, provisions to promote SMEs should be made under SAPs.

63. Small and micro enterprise training programme.

70. Small and microenterprise training programme.

In the approach to a future ERP common to the whole United Nations system, payroll application could be used as the first pilot project of a common application.

Subprogramme 9 Natural resources and infrastructure

1995 4 Science and technology for development (subprogrammes 2, 8 and 12)