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E-Learning and SMEs: Considerations from an Italian Study

E-Learning and SMEs: Considerations from an Italian Study
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Author(s): Paola Bielli (SDA Bocconi, Italy)and Stefano Basaglia (SDA Bocconi, Italy)
Copyright: 2002
Pages: 4
Source title: Issues & Trends of Information Technology Management in Contemporary Organizations
Source Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-39-6.ch228
ISBN13: 9781930708396
EISBN13: 9781466641358

Abstract

E-learning is one of the most promising sectors within the Information and Communication Technologies industry and growth forecasts are more than optimistic. Despite these good premises, current data do not show a strong acceptance of e-learning by European enterprises and, in particular small and medium-size enterprises. This paper introduces a research project about SMEs in Italy aimed at understanding SMEs’ decision processes in the field of e-learning and at identifying enablers and obstacles to e-learning diffusion.

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