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	<title>Strategic Sourcing Europe &#187; European SMEs</title>
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	<description>An European weblog for Purchasing professionals : eSourcing, eProcurement, eMarketplaces, KPIs, tools and methodology, market information...</description>
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		<title>An online toolkit for SMEs</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/06/an-online-toolkit-for-smes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;SME toolkit&#8221; is a website dedicated to SMEs. It is a project of the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. the SME Toolkit offers free business management information and training for small businesses / small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and how-to articles on accounting and finance, business planning, human resources (HR), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>e-Procure &amp; Supply 2007: A Trade Fair looking to SMEs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[eProcure &#38; Supply, one of the biggest Trade Fair and Congress for Procurement and Supplier Management in Europe, will welcome some 140 exhibitors (see below the ones present in 2006) and vendors of proven solutions for electronic procurement, from Wednesday to Friday 25-27 April 2007. For any solution-provider &#8211; for sure, if any interest in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you know ASEAL, an Asia-Europe ALliance for paperless trade?</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/01/do-you-know-aseal-an-asia-europe-alliance-for-paperless-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asia-Europe Alliance (ASEAL) is an international organization, whose mission is to develop and expand cooperation in the field of Paperless Trade in order to contribute to the economic development of Asia and Europe, in accordance with ASEAL&#8216;s Charter, Statute and Rules of Procedure. ASEAL was founded according to local laws and regulations of member countries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 reasons why Startups are condensing in US</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/top-10-reasons-why-startups-are-condensing-in-usand-not-in-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long time ago (5 years!) I was trying to sell eutilia concept and services (B2B procurement SaaS) to a french CAC40 multinational. At the end of the first and unique 1 hour meeting I got with some key executives of this company, closed by the usual &#8220;well, great, let us some time to think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How are buyers sourcing for products, services and suppliers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new and interesting &#8220;Industrial Marketing Survey&#8221;, conducted by ThomasNet+Google and available here (you need to register), shows that industrial marketers are not completely aware of where the &#8216;buyers&#8217; are going to source for products, services, and suppliers, what the process is, and what these buyers need to know. Here are my top 4 learnings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bobex, the smartest way to buy or sell business services and products</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/bobex-the-smartest-way-to-buy-or-sell-business-services-and-products/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/bobex-the-smartest-way-to-buy-or-sell-business-services-and-products/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Service Providers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know Bobex? It&#8217;s a european B2B marketplace. Not a new one, as Bobex started business in 2000 . Their tagline? &#8220;Matching suppliers and buyers&#8221;. The principe is simple, as mentioned on their website: Buyers submit their request free of charge and suppliers reply with customised bids. &#8216;Customised bids &#8216; means that Bobex is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COUPA, a (might be) killing eProcurement and Open Source solution</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/coupa-a-might-be-killing-eprocurement-and-open-source-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/coupa-a-might-be-killing-eprocurement-and-open-source-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.massin.eu/?p=98</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of the big eProcurement players are struggling for critical mass and attractive pricing. Very few are already cash positive and if so, they have still a long way ahead to recover their initial investment. Those company might not appreciate so much this entrepreurial open source pitch from Dave Stephen, CEO and co-founder of COUPA. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your first stop for e-business information</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/your-first-stop-for-e-business-information/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/your-first-stop-for-e-business-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[E-future centres. Not an European idea unfortunatly but definitly another great initiave in Western Canada, to promote e-business benefits directly to SMEs. Visit their websites at www.e-future.ca funded by the &#8216;Western economic diversification Canada&#8217; and specific to canadian SMEs, they will bring you valuable information to understand where and how to benefit from Internet. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bucharest Daily News &#124; SMEs still vulnerable after EU access</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/european-smes-bucharest-daily-news-smes-still-vulnerable-after-eu-access/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/european-smes-bucharest-daily-news-smes-still-vulnerable-after-eu-access/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SMEs in Romania look still vulnerable after EU access. An article from Robert Comanoiu &#8211; Bucharest Daily News &#8211; 13 April 2006 &#8220;All the Small and Medium Company representatives agree with Romania&#8217;s EU accession but one quarter of them said that the companies they lead are not entirely ready for this,&#8221; said the president of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SME guide to switching banks &#124; UK</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/european-smes-sme-guide-to-switching-banks-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/european-smes-sme-guide-to-switching-banks-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance &#038; Leicester Commercial Bank is lauching a SME guide helping switching banks A GUIDE for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) designed to take the hassle out of changing their business bank has been launched by Alliance &#038; Leicester Commercial Bank. The fear of disrupting banking arrangements remains the biggest barrier to switching for more [...]]]></description>
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