Examines five companies from different market segments with initial public offerings in the past five years, representing a wide range of products. The companies were Cabot Microelectronics, Alliance Fiber Optics Products, Adams Golf, King Pharmaceuticals, and Gadzooks Networks. The companies’...

Purpose – This paper seeks to understand effects of ASP utilization on organization performance measured in terms of satisfaction and educational effectiveness on the part of the customer firm. Design/methodology/approach – This study follows the positivist approach. After a research...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a data system to assess failure probability in small to medium‐sized enterprise (SME) reorganization. Design/methodology/approach – The data system is based on information from 83 reorganized Finnish SMEs. Information is divided into four...

Purpose – In the present scenario of e‐globalization, small scale industries (SSIs) are considered engine for economic growth all over the world. After markets globalization, SSIs are facing many pressures and constraints to sustain their competitiveness. The purpose of this paper is to...