Determining the usage of information technologies of the exporter smes acting in çukurova region

Nowadays following the saying ?The only thing that do not change is the change itself? the organizations that do not reject change and adopt to it will only be able to survive. One of the most important spheres that comes into mind when saying change, is undoubtedly information technologies. Due to the fact that information technologies are more open to development and change than most of other spheres and more and more renew themselves, enterprises that use or are willing to use them must be more dynamic than others. With their agility on both taking decision and implementation, SMEs are among the most dynamic actors and at this point they are at a more advantageous place with regard to their competitors. If the SMEs that have the advantage of adopting to change quickly, can use this advantage correctly, they can be active players at international markets by increasing their competitiveness both in local and international markets. The information technologies whose importance is further understood day by day, is started to be used frequently by our SMEs in recent years but unfortunately the usage has not reached to desired levels yet. In this study, the exporter SMEs? usage of information technologies is examined by making use of a survey study on exporter SMEs acting in Çukurova region. As the research is a field study based on survey, it is a descriptive research. In the first part of the research, information technologies are examined and some information is given concerning the description of information technologies, theirhistorical development, the contribution of information technologies to enterprises and the usage of them in our country. In the second part of the research, some information is given by dwelling upon the concepts, ?SME? and ?export?. Moreover, policies and applications devoted to information technologies in our country and other countries are compared, and also the incentives directed to the support of the usage of information technologies among exporter SMEs are mentioned. In the third part of the research, a field study was made on 104 exporter SMEs, in order to determine the usage of information technologies among the exporter SMEs acting in Çukurova region. Data revealed with the survey is introduced statistically and interpreted. At the last part of the research, the results obtained are introduced and some suggestions are expressed. Keywords : Information Technologies, Information Systems, SME, Export.