This paper describes the evolution of Scatol8®, a remote sensing system conceived and developed within the Department of Commodity Science (DCS) of the University of Torino. The DCS developed, along the years, several projects related to Sustainable Management of economic organizations; the...

The paper argues that the total quality management concept and its implementation is the critical need for the survival of industries. In the meantime, lean manufacturing and constraint management could work together to improve productivity, efficiency and quality. The article discusses the...

If managers of many SME do not clearly assume the necessity to modernize their organizations, they will not be able to take advantage of all its resources' potentialities, not only the technological resources, but also of the capacities and qualifications of the human resources. This article...

Knowledge has become one of the critical driving forces for business success. Organizations are becoming more knowledge intensive and the needs for leveraging the value of knowledge are increasing. Organizations need to be cognizant and aware of the factors that will influence the success of a...

Emphasizing managerial viability of the economic forces concentration held by the acquiring and the acquired company within the merger process is setting the basis for ensuring future fulfillment of performance metrics. Thus structural and functional parameters must be taken into consideration...

This paper aims at analysing the relationship between innovation and human resource management (HRM),attempting to establish whether innovation determines the firms human resource  management or, conversely, human resource management influences the innovation level of the company. Based on this...

Fast product innovation and creativity is driving the development strategies of the most nations enjoying high economic growth. The development of fast innovative new products needs to be based on a close alignment between technology, products and markets, with a focus on achieving increased...

The last two decades have witnessed a significant increase in discussions about the different dimensions of knowledge and knowledge management (KM). Many factors have contributed to this growing interest including globalization, increased competition, diffusion of new ICTs (information and...

The strategy has been and shall remain an efficient means to adapt and to respond to the changes generated by the external and internal environment of an organization. Therefore, in the new organizational context, the role of strategy has been accentuated, mainly due to its importance both at a...

The management process in the Romanian companies is particularly empirical, traditional and technocratic. This way, the operative and postoperative feature does not give the possibility of adopting certain decisions that may contribute to the smoothening or removal of the causes of weaknesses...