BENE-BUS BENchmarking of E-BUSiness solutions for Western and Eastern European SMEs

Abstract

While the European Union is launching its main challenge through the next enlargement the co-operation between the EU member states and the Associated countries is becoming more and more critical. A closer collaboration is thus expected at economic and political level in terms of knowledge transfer, adoption of models of sustainable growth, increasing o f competitiveness and development of novel opportunities for the players. Under this framework e-commerce solutions can support the strategy towards the change but their adoption, mainly by the SMEs, should be well established and as a result of an informed decision. The BENEBUS project is in line with this approach being mainly focused to provide the Eastern and Western European SMEs with innovative assessment models and benchmarking tools aimed at improving their way to approach e-business implementation.