Q&A: Small Business Technology Audits in Developing Nations (Slides)

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Q&A: Small Business

Technology Audits in

Developing Nations

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Shouldn’t

Small Business

Technology Audits

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Be More

Prevalent

in Developing

Nations?



Why Technology

Audits Aren’t

“One Size Fits All”



Mativenga

Chihwenga,

an Associate at

Price Waterhouse

Coopers,



Was Asking

for Ideas

on Writing a

Dissertation on

IT System Audits



One Person

Who Answered,

a Compliance

Consultant,



Steered Chihwenga

in the Direction

of Sarbanes-Oxley

Compliance


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A Third Who

Replied was in the

Middle of His Own

Dissertation Topic



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Planning on

a Related Subject



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and Provided a

Very Detailed List

of Brainstorming

Ideas



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My Approach was

Quite Different



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Small Businesses

in Developing

Nations

Change Lives



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I Suggested That

the Dissertation

Address



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Small Business

Technology Audits

in Developing

Nations



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Planning a

Dissertation on

Small Business

Technology



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For Example,

You Might Want

to Learn:



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• Why So Few

Small Businesses

Invest in System

Audits,



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When These

Same Companies

Routinely Have

Annual Financial

Audits



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• How Various

Stakeholders,

Such as

Government

Agencies,



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IT Vendors,

Banks, Insurers,

and Universities,

Have Addressed

This Issue



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• What Various

Stakeholders

Could Do Going

Forward



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I Recommended

Grouping Small

Businesses

Into Categories:



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• By Size



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• By Industry



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I Also

Recommended

Learning More

About



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What World Bank

Does for Small

Businesses



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With its World

Bank Small &

Medium Enterprise

Department



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How Do You Feel

About the

Importance of

Small Business

Growth



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in Developing

Nations?



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Can Small

Business

Technology Audits

Be the Catalyst



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For More

Widespread

Technology

Adoption and More

Rapid Growth?



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Your Thoughts

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