The role of small and medium-sized enterprises in development: What can be learned from the German experience?

Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Trends and Future Perspectives for Sustainability and Digitalization in Germany | MDPI

The objective of this research was to provide a review of the state-of-the-art literature related to sustainability and digitalization in SMEs to identify current trends and future perspectives within this vital sector.

Why do banks reward their customers to use their credit cards?

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Enterprise-ready Wiki for Teams | Docmost

Secure on-premises wiki for enterprises. Meet ITAR, FedRAMP, and GDPR compliance with ease.

À propos d'ÉCOLAB - ÉCOLAB

ÉCOLAB explore et promeut les pratiques écoresponsables en arts visuels. Un espace de partage et de découverte soutenu par le Fonds de recherche du Québec.

Climbing the Ivory Tower: How Socio-Economic Background Shapes Academia

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(PDF) Strategic Technology Adoption for Sustainablity Performance in SME: A Comprehensive Review

PDF | This systematic literature review investigates the strategic adoption of technology for sustainability and resilience in small and medium-sized... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Best of open source, inner source, and product strategy

The Wealth of Networks

The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom is a book by Harvard Law School professor Yochai Benkler published by Yale University Press on April 3, 2006. The book has been recognized as one of the most influential works of its time concerning the rise and impact of the Internet on the society, particularly in the sphere of economics. It also helped popularize the term Benkler coined few years earlier, the commons-based peer production (CBPP).

Digital skills shortage is hampering German SMEs’ digital transformation | KfW

One third of SMEs cannot meet their digital skill requirements. The problem applies not just to basic digital skills, such as the use of standard software and digital devices, but also to advanced skills such as programming and statistical data analysis. Most SMEs attempt to build digital skills through further training. But short training measures with often limited skill-building effects predominate. More intensive training is hampered primarily by financial barriers. One third of SMEs describe the direct costs as a problem, while one quarter are challenged by employees’ absence from work. Digital learning formats enable more flexible learning, so they have the potential to stimulate further training in small and medium-sized enterprises.

W Social, Public Institutions and the Theater of European Digital Sovereignty

European public institutions are betting big on digital sovereignty and open source software. And yet they recently moved their Bluesky accounts to W Social, a private, for profit network owned by Swedish entrepreneurs that has quietly gone closed-source.

The Matrix of Convivial Technology – Assessing technologies for degrowth

This article introduces the notion of convivial technology as a conceptual framework for technologies suitable for degrowth societies. This paper is inspired by Ivan Illich's notion of convivial tools but reconsiders it in the light of current practices and discussions. Looking for a definition of convivial technologies it uses qualitative empirical research conducted with degrowth-oriented groups developing or adapting grassroots technologies like Open Source cargo bikes or composting toilets in Germany. The basic ethical values and design criteria that guide these different groups in relation to technology are summed up into five dimensions: relatedness, adaptability, accessibility, bio-interaction and appropriateness. These dimensions can be correlated with the four life-cycle levels material, production, use and infrastructure to form the Matrix for Convivial Technology (MCT). The MCT is a 20-field schema that can be filled in. Experiences with the tool in different fields are presented. The MCT is itself a convivial tool as it allows for degrowth-oriented groups to self-assess their work and products in a qualitative, context-sensitive and independent way. It is a normative schema that fosters discussion concerning degrowth technologies in contexts of political education. And it is a research method as it helps collecting data about underlying ethical assumptions and aspirations of individuals and groups engaged in developing technology.

bitcrowd web development agency

Wir entwickeln außergewöhnliche Anwendungen. Agil. Testgetrieben. Für das Web. In Elixir, Ruby, and React JS.

EU praises open source for tech sovereignty — then backs W, a private for-profit microblogging platform

To fundamentally understand why it's strange the EU Commission is throwing its weight behind this new for-profit social platform, you need to understand what lies beneath.