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Computer maturity is at a high level in Swedish companies! This claim can be established after a study made on smaller and medium-sized Swedish manufacturing companies. The companies are prepared to take a new step in development from having concentrated computerisation on making internal routines more efficient to supporting the company’s communication with the external world using new technology. There is, however, still a certain lack of competence in the area of information technology, particularly in the planning of information systems.
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Andersson, J. (1999). Business Process Development and Information Technology in Small and Medium-sized Companies. In: Nilsson, A.G., Tolis, C., Nellborn, C. (eds) Perspectives on Business Modelling. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58458-9_6
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