by Arthur Goldstuck | Sep 12, 2005 | SME Research
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) consider access to expertise to be the single most critical resource for their business, according to the final results of SME Survey 2005, released today.In the study, backed by Standard Bank, MWEB Business and Microsoft, 91% of 6...
by Arthur Goldstuck | Aug 30, 2005 | SME Research
The commonly held perception that e-mail is one of the killer applications of business on the Internet has been confirmed by the final results of SME Survey 2005. However, this does depend on why the business needs e-mail, with some sectors having experienced...
by Arthur Goldstuck | Mar 9, 2005 | SME Research
Is South Africa a welcoming environment for the entrepreneur? That is one of the key questions tackled by this year’s edition of the annual SME Survey, which has been probing the factors behind competitiveness of small, medium and micro enterprises since 2003. The...
by Arthur Goldstuck | Oct 19, 2004 | SME Research
Decision-makers at small and medium enterprises based in the Johannesburg area regard their companies as being far more competitive than do those in the country’s three other major centres.This is one of the fascinating findings to emerge from SME Survey 2004,...
by Arthur Goldstuck | Jun 10, 2004 | SME Research
Small and medium enterprises in South Africa are alive, well and regard themselves as highly competitive.This is one of the key findings of SME Survey 2004, a project that researched the role played by government, information technology and financial services in small...
by Arthur Goldstuck | Jun 10, 2004 | SME Research
he death of the desktop PC has been greatly exaggerated, at least if you talk to small and medium enterprises.The PC, along with consumables like ink cartridges, paper and disks, remains the most important item in budgeting for IT purchases among SMEs in South Africa,...
