The outcomes of research have already been referred to in this paper where the
researcher looked at the question of business environmental scanning practices
and the relationship between these practices and SME performance with data
from Vietnam. Business environmental scanning was defined as a gathering and
using information about events, trends and changes in an enterprise outside or
external environment, the knowledge of which presumably assists owners and
managers in business decisions. The outcome of this research summarized types
of information collected by entrepreneurs, sources of this information, sources
used to collect each type of information, methods of information collecting, and
usage of information in decision making. As such, the study made a contribution
to literature and the author raised a number of implications and suggested further
research to expand the knowledge of information usage by SME owners and
managers