Small business, big world

摘要

When it comes to the adoption of standards, the SME sector has always lagged behind its counterparts in big business.This is due to a variety of reasons, but reticence among the industrialized world's small- and medium-sized enterprises is usually associated with cost or resource issues. There is either a fear that the financial impact of compliance is prohibitive for all but large organizations or a more vague suspicion that signing up to international standards blunts the creative process by interfering with entrepreneurial spirit and weighing the company down with excessive red tape.