Benefits of Information in the Development of Small Projects in Egypt: A Comparative Field Study

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explore the actual reality for small projects in Egypt and patterns to take advantage of the information; a review of the most important problems facing small businesses and how to overcome them; as well as how to modify the behavior of the information usage among SMEs. The study relied on a survey method applied on Kerdasa  & Nauman region at Egypt.  and the results found that the small and medium enterprise sector is still suffering a lot of difficulties, notably the scarcity of information, the role of the state in the information support side is still modest and the results illustrated that the information culture is still absent in the mentality of the owners of small and medium enterprises. In addition to that, information needs of small and medium-sized enterprises have not met in many aspects; which represents a special informational gap in the stage of survival and development. beside that the small-scale industry owners relied on informal networks information to gain knowledge about the vital information in their field, as the small and medium enterprises owners at Nauman region   largely relied upon the personal knowledge (24%) and customers (15%), while relied upon government websites were (8%) and competitors (44%) in obtaining their information.

Keywords: small- projects- benefits from the information