Do SME need ontologies? Results from a survey among small and medium-sized enterprises

ICEIS 2008 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 1 ISAS, Issue , 2008, Pages 104-111

  Öhgren, Annika ^a   Sandkuhl, Kurt ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ontology construction; Ontology engineering; Product complexity; Project complexity; SME; Survey

Indexed keywords

ONTOLOGY CONSTRUCTION; ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING; PRODUCT COMPLEXITY; PROJECT COMPLEXITY; SME;

APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 55849139063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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