Normally based on independent businesses, managed by their owners or part-owners and having a small market share. They are small in relation to a sector where the market is large and facing many competitors. It may be more appropriate to define size by the number of employees in some sectors but more appropriate to use turnover in others. In certain cases, smaller firms are considered to be those employing less then 100 employees and, in others, less than 50. Their strategies depend frequently more upon manager’s decision than upon competitive choices. In general, they are reluctant in taking risk.
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E-Learning Tool for Regional Development
Maria Teresa de Noronha Vaz (University of Algarve, Portugal), Sílvia Brito Fernandes (University of Algarve, Portugal), and Eric de Noronha Vaz (New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2008
|Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch062
Abstract
As opposed to the computer-based training of the 1980s, the term e-learning is most frequently used to refer to computer-based training which incorporates technologies that support interactivity beyond what would be provided by a single personal computer. E-learning, therefore, is an approach to facilitate and enhance learning through both computer and communication technologies. Such devices can include personal computers, CD-ROM, digital television, PDA, and mobile phones. Communication technologies enable the use of the Internet, e-mail, discussion forums, collaborative software, classroom management software, and team learning systems.