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An investigation of e-business risks in UK SMEs

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  • Arun Sukumar
  • David Edgar
  • Kevin Grant

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Electronic business is a phenomenon that is now well defined and has emerged as a field of study. In parallel, businesses are increasingly embedding technology into their business processes and seeking to exploit the potential efficiency and effectiveness gains that can occur. As such, industry and academic attention has spawned a range of research interests and resulted in proposals of how e-business can be used and exploited. In reviewing a range of academic literature papers, it is interesting to identify a lack of robust, rigours and dependable research into the risks associated with e-business particularly in small to medium size enterprises (SMEs). As such, this paper provides a bridge for the perceived gap in the literature on e-risks, by exploring the perceptions of SMEs towards e-business risk, and seeking to posit a research agenda that will make a meaningful contribution to both academia and industry.

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  • Arun Sukumar & David Edgar & Kevin Grant, 2011. "An investigation of e-business risks in UK SMEs," World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(4), pages 380-401.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:wremsd:v:7:y:2011:i:4:p:380-401
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    1. Grant, Kevin & Edgar, David & Sukumar, Arun & Meyer, Martin, 2014. "‘Risky business’: Perceptions of e-business risk by UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 99-122.
    2. Zuzana Virglerova & Muhammad Asif Khan & Raimonda Martinkute-Kauliene & Sandor Kovacs, 2020. "The Internationalization of SMEs in Central Europe and Its Impact on Their Methods of Risk Management," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 22(55), pages 792-792, August.
    3. René-Pascal van den Boom, 2020. "Financial Risk Management in SMEs: A New Conceptual Framework," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 13(10), pages 1-85, October.

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