Abstract
While start-up firms create a substantial economic
impact on most economies, the failure rate of start-up
firms seems to remain high due to inadequate agile
decision services. Deciding to start-up mining Small
and Medium Enterprises (SME) is a challenging task
in Uganda. Research on SME start-up support is
limitedly available. Technology is envisaged to
facilitate enterprise start-ups. However, there is still
acknowledged deficiency in Uganda due to discrete
approaches of technology, stakeholders and processes.
There is lack of a generalized and systematic means to
SME start-up that emphasizes communication and
prioritization. Hence, this design science research
aims to enhance SME start-up processes with a
decision enhancement studio which consists of services
for participants in an interactive environment that
analyzes decision alternatives. Results from this study
suggest that the start-up decision processes can be
improved using technology in rural areas.
impact on most economies, the failure rate of start-up
firms seems to remain high due to inadequate agile
decision services. Deciding to start-up mining Small
and Medium Enterprises (SME) is a challenging task
in Uganda. Research on SME start-up support is
limitedly available. Technology is envisaged to
facilitate enterprise start-ups. However, there is still
acknowledged deficiency in Uganda due to discrete
approaches of technology, stakeholders and processes.
There is lack of a generalized and systematic means to
SME start-up that emphasizes communication and
prioritization. Hence, this design science research
aims to enhance SME start-up processes with a
decision enhancement studio which consists of services
for participants in an interactive environment that
analyzes decision alternatives. Results from this study
suggest that the start-up decision processes can be
improved using technology in rural areas.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences |
| Subtitle of host publication | 4-7 January 2012 Maui, Hawaii |
| Editors | Ralph H. Sprague |
| Place of Publication | Los Alamitos etc. |
| Publisher | IEEE computer society |
| Pages | 4830-4839 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-7695-4525-7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |