"This book examines the strategies and concepts that will assist small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve competitiveness. It also explores the latest advances and developments for creating a system of shared values and beliefs in small business environments"--.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Editorial Advisory Board
• List of Contributors
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Section 1: Fundamental Concepts and Theories
  • Chapter 1: To Lend or Not to Lend
  • Chapter 2: Basic Types of Project Initiators
  • Chapter 3: Crowdfunding and Slow Money
  • Chapter 4: High-Growth SMEs
  • Chapter 5: Business Incubation in Malaysia
• Section 2: Development and Design Methodologies
  • Chapter 6: A Model to Reduce the Risk of Projects Guided by the Knowledge Management Process
  • Chapter 7: Design Methods for Decision Support Systems
  • Chapter 8: How to Launch a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
  • Chapter 9: A Risk Integration Framework for the Service-Oriented Enterprise
  • Chapter 10: Social Media Strategies for Small and Medium Scale Enterprise in the Klang Valley Region of Malaysia
  • Chapter 11: Metacognition of Organization Members as the Basis of Learning Strategy in Higher School
  • Chapter 12: Exploring the Determinants of Organizational Resilience in Islamic Banks
  • Chapter 13: AHP-Driven Knowledge Leakage Risk Assessment Model
  • Chapter 14: Towards a Hybrid MAS Organizational Model
  • Chapter 15: Can Social Dynamics Be Channeled from Offline to Online Communities?
  • Chapter 16: Plan for Prevention of Risks of Corruption and Related Infractions
  • Chapter 17: Application of FMEA to Study the Risk Perception of SMEs Throughout the ERP Adoption Life Cycle
  • Chapter 18: Towards a Framework to Improve IT Security and IT Risk Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Chapter 19: Adoption of Online Marketing for Service SMEs with Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach
• Section 3: Tools and Technologies
  • Chapter 20: Crowdfunding for Non-Profits
  • Chapter 21: Horizontal Crowdfunding Platforms
  • Chapter 22: Vertical and Community-Based Crowdfunding Platforms
  • Chapter 23: Crowdfunding as a Marketing Tool
  • Chapter 24: The Diffusion of Voluntary ISO 26000 among SMEs
  • Chapter 25: Human-Factor-Based Risk Management in the Healthcare to Improve Patient Safety
  • Chapter 26: Insurance as an Optimization Tool for Risk Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
  • Chapter 27: Regression Analysis for Environmental Practices
  • Chapter 28: Student Projects and Virtual Collaboration in IT Degrees
  • Chapter 29: Cloud Service Footprint (CSF)
  • Chapter 30: Project Portfolio Management
  • Chapter 31: Risks Assessment using Fuzzy Petri Nets for ERP Extension in Small and Medium Enterprises
  • Chapter 32: Information Management for Network Transformation in Industrial Enterprises Associations
  • Chapter 33: A New Maturity Model for Project Risk Management in the Automotive Industry
  • Chapter 34: E-Commerce in Small and Medium Enterprises in Sri Lanka
• Section 4: Utilization and Applications
  • Chapter 35: Addressing Risks in Global Software Development and Outsourcing
  • Chapter 36: Continuous Improvement Relationship to Risk Management
  • Chapter 37: Internet Finance
  • Chapter 38: Running Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns for Non-Profits
  • Chapter 39: SMEs in Nigeria
  • Chapter 40: Effective Approaches in Higher Education Development
  • Chapter 41: Relevance of Entrepreneurship in TVET
  • Chapter 42: Crowdfunding, Entrepreneurship, and Design Education
  • Chapter 43: Factors Comprising Effective Risk Communication, Decision-Making, and Measurement of IT and IA Risk
  • Chapter 44: Determinants of Self-Employment Entry
  • Chapter 45: Building Entrepreneurial Networking Quality to Improve the Success of Innovation and Batik SMEs Performance
  • Chapter 46: The Relationship between Entrepreneurial Competencies, Competitive Intelligence, and Innovative Performance among SMEs from an Emerging Country
  • Chapter 47: Exploring the Factors to Green IT Adoption of SMEs in the Philippines
  • Chapter 48: Real Estate Crowdfunding
  • Chapter 49: The Impacts of Trait Emotional Intelligence and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy on Perceived Behavioral Control Among Undergraduate Students
  • Chapter 50: Entrepreneurship Development in Northeast Region of Romania
  • Chapter 51: Maximising Value Through IT and Business Alignment
  • Chapter 52: Information and Communication Technology for SMEs' Competitiveness
  • Chapter 53: Optimizing Virtual Communities in Tourism to Facilitate Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
  • Chapter 54: Working Capital Financing by Banks in Small Enterprises
• Section 5: Organizational and Social Implications
  • Chapter 55: Risk Management Usage and Impact on Information Systems Project Success
  • Chapter 56: Intermediating Crowdfunding
  • Chapter 57: Proactive Law as Competitive Advantage in Crowdfunding
  • Chapter 58: Does Crowdfunding (Creatively) Disturb the Conventional (Banking) Alliances with Support Networks for Financing (Micro-)Entrepreneurs?
  • Chapter 59: Understanding and Adoption of E-Finance in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Developing Countries
  • Chapter 60: Factors Driving Firms from Emerging Countries into the Global Market
  • Chapter 61: Information and Communication Technology Adoption in SMEs in Sri Lanka
  • Chapter 62: An Exploratory Study of the Impact of Government Policies on the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries
  • Chapter 63: Handling Uncertainty in Project Management and Business Development
  • Chapter 64: Building Sustainable Enterprises through Innovations in Bulgaria
  • Chapter 65: Increasing Project Success in China from the Perspectives of Project Risk, Methodology, Tool Use, and Organizational Support
  • Chapter 66: Challenges for Innovation Due to Firm Size
  • Chapter 67: The Importance Role E-Collaboration Capability and Information System Maturity on Knowledge Sharing and SMEs Marketing Performance
• Section 6: Managerial Impact
  • Chapter 68: IT Strategic Planning through CSF Approach in Modern Organizations
  • Chapter 69: Alternative Research Funding Mechanisms
  • Chapter 70: The Role of Philanthropy on the Strategic Planning Process of a Selective Liberal Arts and Science College
  • Chapter 71: E-Marketing for SMEs
  • Chapter 72: Fostering Environmental Performance Management within Indian SMEs
  • Chapter 73: Coping Better with the Project´s Unknown Unknowns
  • Chapter 74: Entrepreneurial Action as Metaphorical Process and its Metaphorics
  • Chapter 75: Knowledge Leakage when SMEs Participate in Supply Chains
  • Chapter 76: Strategic IT Alignment in Service Sector
  • Chapter 77: Technological Change Perspective for ERP Implementation in Small and Medium Enterprises
• Section 7: Critical Issues and Challenges
  • Chapter 78: Using Marketing to Implement a Strategic Plan
  • Chapter 79: Startup Success Trends in Small Business Beyond Five-Years
  • Chapter 80: Exploring the Spheres of Crowdfunding
  • Chapter 81: A Framework for Research on Information Technology Governance in SMEs
  • Chapter 82: Understanding Knowledge Management Spectrum for SMEs in Global Scenario
  • Chapter 83: Exploring the Research Domain of IT Governance in the SME Context
  • Chapter 84: Critical Review of SME Regulation Optimization in Serbia
  • Chapter 85: Are the Payments System and e-Banking in India Safer than in other SAARC Members?
  • Chapter 86: The Role of Culture in IT Governance Five Focus Areas
• Index