The Challenge of Implementing Information Security Standards in Small and Medium e-Business Enterprises

The dynamic nature of online systems requires companies to be proactive with thwarting information security threats, and to follow a systematic way for managing and evaluating the security of their online services. The existence of security standards is an important factor that helps organisations to evaluate and manage security by providing guidelines and best practices that enable them to follow a standard and systematic way to protect their e-Business activities. However, the suitability of available information security standards for Small and Medium e-Business Enterprises (e-SME) is worth further investigation. In this paper three major security standards including Common Criteria, System Security Engineering-Capability and Maturity Model and ISO/IEC 27001 were analysed. Accordingly, several challenges associated with these standards that may render them difficult to be implemented in e-SME have been identified.

Digital Transformation of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Production Manufacturing

Industry 4.0 concepts have brought about a wind of renewal in the organization of companies and their production methods. However, this integration is subject to obstacles when it comes to Small and Medium sized Enterprises—SMEs: the costs of new technologies to be acquired, the level of maturity of the company regarding its level of digitization and automation, human aspects such as training employees to master new technologies, reluctance to change, etc. This article provides a new framework and presents an intelligent support system to facilitate the digital transformation of SMEs. The digitalization is realized through physical, informational, and decisional points of view. To achieve the complete transformation of the company, the framework combines the triptych of performance criteria (cost, quality, time) with the notions of sustainability (with respect to social, societal, and environmental aspects) and digitization through tools to be integrated into the company’s processes. The new framework encompasses the formalisms developed in the literature on Industry 4.0 concepts, information systems and organizational methods as well as a global structure to support and assist operators in managing their operations. In the form of a web application, it will exploit reliable data obtained through information systems such as Enterprise Resources Planning—ERP, Manufacturing Execution System—MES, or Warehouse Management System—WMS and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (deep learning, multi-agent systems, expert systems), big data, Internet of things (IoT) that communicate with each other to assist operators during production processes. To illustrate and validate the concepts and developed tools, use cases of an electronic manufacturing SME have been solved with these concepts and tools, in order to succeed in this company’s digital transformation. Thus, a reference model of the electronics manufacturing companies is being developed for facilitating the future digital transformation of these domain companies. The realization of these use cases and the new reference model are growing up and their future exploitation will be presented as soon as possible.

ICT Service Platform Promotes Small and Medium Enterprise Informatization

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) service platform,combined with information technology,communication technology and corresponding applications,is essential for small and medium enterprises to realize their informatization. The broadband business platform put out by China Netcom provides new generation of integrated ICT services which focus on service and would be rented to customers. Broadband business platform could satisfy varieties of informatization demands made by small and medium enterprises such as low investment,fast reaction,individuation and security. It could effectively assist small and medium enterprises to achieve informatization.

Delivery Service Management System Using Google Maps for SMEs in Emerging Countries

This paper proposes a Delivery Service Management(DSM)system for Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs)that own a delivery fleet of pickup trucks to manage Business-to-Business(B2B)delivery services.The proposed DSM system integrates four systems:Delivery Location Positioning(DLP),Delivery Route Planning(DRP),Arrival Time Prediction(ATP),and Communication and Data Sharing(CDS)systems.These systems are used to pinpoint the delivery locations of customers,plan the delivery route of each truck,predict arrival time(with an interval)at each delivery location,and communicate and share information among stakeholders,respectively.The DSM system deploys Google applications,a GPS tracking system,Google Map APIs,ATP algorithms(embedded in Excel Macros),Line,and Telegram as supporting tools.To improve the accuracy of the ATP system,three tech-niques are applied considering driver behaviors.The proposed DSM system has been implemented in a Thai SME.From the process perspective,the DSM system is a systematic procedure for end-to-end delivery services.It allows the interactions between planner-driver decisions and supporting tools.The supporting tools are simple,can be easily used with little training,and require low capital expenditure.The statistical analysis shows that the ATP algorithm with the three techniques provides high accuracy.Thus,the proposed DSM system is beneficial for practitioners to manage delivery services,especially for SMEs in emerging countries.

投服中心行权会影响企业劳动投资效率吗?——来自中国上市公司的经验证据

中证中小投资者服务中心(以下简称“投服中心”)推出的持股行权政策是资本市场的重要制度创新,为解决中小投资者保护难题提供了政策思路。基于2014—2020年中国A股上市公司数据,构建多期双重差分模型检验了投服中心行权对企业劳动投资效率的影响。研究发现,投服中心行权能够显著提升企业劳动投资效率。机制检验结果显示,投服中心行权通过降低信息不对称和缓解代理问题进而提升企业劳动投资效率。异质性分析结果表明,在劳动投资不足、治理水平较低的企业中,以及行权方式为专项行动、股东大会和网上行权时,投服中心行权对企业劳动投资效率的提升效应显著。进一步研究发现,投服中心行权通过提升劳动投资效率,提高了企业业绩和企业价值。因此,应充分发挥投服中心行权对企业劳动投资效率的提升作用,提高公司治理水平,以保护中小投资者合法权益。

基于Web Service的中小型企业信息平台设计

结合长三角区域中小企业信息化的实际,提出基于Web Service的适应分布、自治和数据变化的企业信息平台解决方案,达到企业信息系统的动态集成共享目标,阐述了该平台的系统架构和实现机制。该框架以企业信息系统及相关数据库为底层支撑,采用Web Service将信息系统交换数据接口和方法封装为标准服务,通过服务的发布与发现机制,实现企业信息资源的发现、传递和共享。最后结合企业实际,给出了以统一门户形式面向企业管理者以及面向客户、供应商实现登录的应用示例,验证了相关技术,可为企业信息化的实施提供借鉴。

基于Web Services技术的中小企业虚拟运营模式构建

针对我国中小企业生产规模小、核心竞争能力弱、资源整合手段缺乏等问题,利用Web Services技术完好的封装性、松散的耦合、使用协议的规范性、使用标准协议规范、高度可集成能力以及跨平台性和开放性等优点,提出了一种适合我国中小企业发展、以UDDI为设计核心的虚拟运营信息集成模型,并分析构建了包括捕捉市场机会、确定目标、成员伙伴选择、组织机构创建、运行维护和联盟解散等6个阶段的基于WebServices技术的虚拟运营企业模式。该虚拟运营模式消除了联盟企业因缺乏信任而导致的不稳定因素,克服了传统虚拟企业非优势能力闲置的问题,为中小企业实现资源整合提供了一种新的思路.

基于UTAUT-VAM模型的中小制造企业云服务采纳意愿影响机制研究

基于整合型技术接受理论(UTAUT)和价值接受模型(VAM),构建中小制造企业云服务采纳意愿影响因素理论模型,根据影响中小制造企业云服务采纳意愿的因素提出了相关假设,并运用结构方程模型和Bootstrap方法进行相关的实证检验。结果显示:(1)绩效期望、努力期望、便利条件和社会影响对感知价值具有正向显著影响;(2)绩效期望、便利条件和感知价值对采纳意愿具有正向显著影响;(3)感知风险对感知价值和采纳意愿具有负向显著影响,努力期望和社会影响对采纳意愿影响不显著;(4)感知价值存在中介效应,努力期望和社会影响通过感知价值间接影响采纳意愿。研究结论在云服务建设、组织保障、政策制定等方面为中小制造企业提供上云实践参考。

风险管理视角下中小饲料企业会计信息失真的原因及防治措施

会计信息是揭露企业财务状况、经营成果和资金变动的重要信息,提高会计信息质量,有助于饲料企业了解自身实际情况,进而制定出科学有效的经营决策,为后续的可持续发展奠定坚实的基础。但部分中小饲料企业存在会计信息失真的问题,这些问题不仅容易影响中小饲料企业的正常运营和发展,而且其中蕴含诸多风险,甚至会造成企业资产流失,虚构事实,诱发经济犯罪等。因此,需要从风险管理视角分析中小饲料企业会计信息失真的原因,并制定针对性的防治措施,有效规避会计风险,提高中小饲料企业的会计信息质量。

信任、人情与涉外制造业中小企业新产品绩效——基于信息共享的中介效应

随着“一带一路”倡议的深入落实,拥有海外业务的制造业中小企业在国家经济发展中发挥着越来越重要的作用。面临当前复杂多变的国际环境,如何有效提升新产品绩效是涉外制造业中小企业获取竞争优势和实现高质量发展的关键。以涉外制造业中小企业为样本,实证检验了信任、人情和信息共享对涉外制造业中小企业新产品绩效的影响。结果表明:信任、人情不仅会直接提升涉外制造业中小企业新产品绩效,还通过信息共享的中介作用产生间接影响。进一步分析发现:商业环境正向调节了信息共享与涉外制造业中小企业新产品绩效之间的关系,并且商业环境越复杂,信息共享对涉外制造业中小企业新产品绩效的影响越大。研究结论为提高涉外制造业中小企业新产品绩效提供了参考。

技术创新、股权集中度和中小型制造企业服务化转型——基于面板数据的实证分析

面对国际经济环境的震荡和国内经济高质量发展的需求,不少中小型制造企业纷纷选择了服务化转型的道路。本研究选取2013~2022年A股中小型制造企业数据,深入分析中小型制造企业服务化现状,考察技术创新和股权集中度对中小型制造企业服务化转型的作用。研究发现,近些年中小型制造企业服务化转型趋势明显,其中以高技术制造业中的企业发展最为迅速;不同技术水平制造业中的企业主要开展的服务类型也有所不同;技术创新与股权集中度对中小型制造企业的服务化转型有促进作用,但二者的促进作用之间存在替代效应。