The role of government policies in supporting small and medium enterprises to use ICT Study of the experiences of some countries

Abstract

The study aims identify the various government policies developed, a review of the Canadian, Egyptian and Algerian experience and their role in promoting and encouraging information and communication technology access and use by small and medium enterprises and to identify different challenges facing small and medium enterprises, and trying to evaluate various government policies also trying to find solutions to ensure their effectiveness for the problems facing enterprise and to identify the role that the government should play in light of the challenges facing small and medium enterprises, especially lack of financial resources. The most important findings of this study, there are many specifically tools that can be used to achieve governments goals to encourage the adoption of ICTs by small and medium Enterprises