by World Wide Worx | Jul 28, 2014 | News, SME Research
City slickers really do have it better than country folk, at least where the profitability of their businesses is concerned. That’s one of the surprise findings of SME Survey 2014, which has revealed that businesses in cities, or headquartered in cities, are more...
by World Wide Worx | Jul 3, 2014 | Market research, SME Research
A small business owned by a women has a better chance of being profitable than one run by a man. That is one of the startling findings of SME Survey 2014, the annual study of factors behind the success of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa. Equally...
by World Wide Worx | May 14, 2014 | News, SME Research
Government support programmes for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are finding resonance with many organisations in their target audience. According to SME Survey 2014, more than half of the SMEs polled expressed satisfaction with the quality of these services. SME...
by World Wide Worx | May 14, 2014 | Market research, SME Research
Although cloud uptake by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) remains reasonably slow, the growth in usage is not only steady, but is, in fact, almost exactly as predicted by SME Survey 2012. According to Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx and principal researcher...
by World Wide Worx | Feb 19, 2014 | Market research, SME Research
SMEs in South Africa face a dramatic shift in technology use as the triple impact of social media, Cloud computing and the “bring your own device” trend transforms the competitive landscape. Are they ready for the coming change? That is a key question that will...
by Arthur Goldstuck | May 25, 2012 | Internet Research, Market research, News, SME Research
Despite the clear benefits of Cloud computing, ranging from reduced costs to improved efficiencies, small and medium enterprise (SMEs) have yet to embrace this approach to technology use. According to the annual SME Survey, South Africa’s longest-running survey of...