Open AccessPatterns of conduct of Argentine SMEs with respect to ICT investments
Author(s) -
Guillermo Alberto Tricoci,
Pablo Alejandro Corral,
María Cecilia Oriolo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
forum empresarial
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2475-8752
pISSN - 1541-8561
DOI - 10.33801/fe.v25i1.18512
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , investment (military) , business , work (physics) , relation (database) , small and medium sized enterprises , industrial organization , capital (architecture) , marketing , field (mathematics) , engineering , computer science , geography , political science , finance , mathematics , mechanical engineering , archaeology , database , politics , world wide web , law , pure mathematics
Various authors have concluded that there are different groupings that makeit possible to explain the differences between companies in terms of their size,composition of capital or the degree of their evolution in terms of ICT andthat within medium and small companies there are special dynamics that arenecessary understand. This work is focused on this type of firms and a mixedmethodology has been used to obtain data, which included the preparation ofa field work supported by consultations with relevant personalities from academia,industry and consulting services in the area. It is proposed to draw an empirical scheme of the SME sector in Argentina, and results are presented inrelation to the investment and adoption of ICT in these type of firms.