Title
A combined e-learning and finance management system based on ontology: A case study of SMEs in Morocco
Abstract
Several studies conducted in Morocco and other developing countries have shown that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) fail to achieve business goals for reasons related principally to lack of entrepreneurship knowledge and poor financial management. Indeed, most managers do not have the required educational background and skills, precisely in accounting and cash flow management. To manage these competences inside SMEs or to out-source them completely requires important investment from SMEs which have limited financial resources. Failing to resolve this problem causes stagnation of small businesses on the market, followed by the disappearance of a large number of companies. This phenomenon impacts the development of the Moroccan socio-economic environment in which SMEs have a major contribution. In this paper, we propose a combined e-learning and finance management system based on ontology that, on the one hand, provides definition of concepts used in finance and accounting and, on the other hand, permits SMEs' managers to learn and to acquire knowledge for efficient financial management. The data entered in the solution is used in an analytical component to provide performance indicators about company's health, viability and future strategic orientations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/CIST.2016.7805025
2016 4th IEEE International Colloquium on Information Science and Technology (CiSt)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Ontology for learning,Moroccan SMEs,Financial Management,Strategic Management,Key Performance Indicators
Ontology (information science),Small and medium-sized enterprises,Performance indicator,Competence (human resources),Entrepreneurship,Knowledge management,Finance,Cash flow forecasting,Management system,Financial management,Business
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2327-185X
978-1-5090-0752-3
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
10
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hicham Rachidi100.34
El Mohajir Mohammed263.80