Facing the challenge of the new economic situation and with the vision of strengthening dialogue between different e-business initiatives at European level, the European Commission established the European e-Business Support Network for SMEs (eBSN). The main objective of eBSN is to federate e-business experts in Europe and to share experience and good practice in support of e-business for SMEs. More specifically, the objectives of the eBSN are: To bring together real decision makers in the field of e-business, to share information, to discuss strategic policy orientation; To validate existing e-business policies and to agree on targets for future e-business policies; To provide a "one-stop-shop" for information about regional, national and European initiatives and funding possibilities for SMEs; To organise special meetings of governmental e-business experts to share practical experience and to identify future challenges.

Electronic business is now a driving force in the global economy. To increase Canada's competitiveness in the international marketplace, businesses like yours need to participate fully in the e-business environment. ebiz.enable is an easy-to-use Web site designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). It is a comprehensive online resource that allows you to explore e-business problems and solutions relevant to your company and its success in the global online environment.

SupplyChainToday originated from a list of bookmarks that were collected more than four years ago.  SupplyChainToday has now become one of the top Supply Chain destinations on the Internet. SupplyChainToday has seen tremendous growth because of the collaboration between its readers and developers of the website. SupplyChainToday gained popularity quickly so we decided to include links and news for marketing, finance, web development and other business disciplines. The supply chain professional must be up to date on all business functions in order to better understand the supply chain.  Our goal is to make SupplyChainToday the one stop source for the supply chain professional.

Empowering disadvantaged communities in developing countries. E-business in developing countries is by two key factors: the prospects and timeframe for improving infrastructure such as affordable, reliable Internet access (no Internet = no e-business); and the likelihood of current and future demand for e-business transactions and web-based services in developing countries. According to an OECD Development Center paper, there are a number of obstacles facing e-entrepreneurs in developing countries. As outlined in the product/services and market niche sections of this Toolkit, there are many issues in expanding and diversifying sales in both international and domestic markets. Key limitations include lack of information about market opportunities, inadequate access to financing, and insufficient capacity to satisfy the quality, cost and logistical requirements of overseas customers.

The balanced scorecard (BSC), initially developed by Kaplan and Norton, is a performance measurement system that supplements traditional financial measures with the criteria that measure performance from three additional perspectives: customer perspective, internal business perspective and innovation and learning perspective. In recent years, the balanced scorecard has been applied to information technology in order to ensure that IT is fairly evaluated. The proposed methodology can also be applied to E-business projects. In this paper, it is illustrated how the BSC can be used to measure and manage E-business projects. A generic E-business balanced scorecard is proposed and its development and implementation is discussed.

Business Case for SCM

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