9/15/2004
New Report Highlights Small Business Trends in e-Procurement
by Laura Fine, Assistant State Director
A new study indicates that small firms may rely more on e-procurement tools for obtaining federal contracts than do their larger counterparts, based on a study released recently by the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy.
The report also discovered that certain barriers appear to prevent small businesses from more effective use of e-procurement. These include shifts in the government's e-procurement system, the expense of monitoring procurement offerings, and confusion over multiple points of entry to procurement systems. The report, Trends in Electronic Procurement and Electronic Commerce and Their Impact on Small Business, was funded by the U.S. Small Business Adminsitration's Office of Advocacy and was written by Innovation & Information Consultants.
A full copy of this study is available at:
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs240tot.pdf
and the research summary to the report is located at:
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs240.pdf.
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