Die letzten Jahre der deutschen Wirtschaft sind durch eine schwierige konjunkturelle Situation gekennzeichnet gewesen. Auch in Zukunft wird durch Veränderung ganzer Industrien die Situation besonders für mittelständische Unternehmen nicht einfacher. Unternehmensinsolvenzen waren und sind die...

Dieses Buch unterstützt mittelständische Unternehmer und Führungskräfte dabei, den Prozess der Unternehmensintegration nach Unternehmenszukäufen erfolgreich zu meistern und beliebte Fallstricke zu vermeiden. Denn mit dem Abschluss des Kaufvertrags beginnt erst die eigentliche Arbeit....

Thomas Wittig aims at gaining additional insights into the crisis and turnaround process of SMEs, investigating both, the turnaround success and the impact of turnaround on the family role in family firms. Based on a specifically developed integrated conceptual turnaround model, the author...

The book aims to collect the most recent research and best practices in the cooperative and networking small business field identifying new theoretical models and describing the relationship between cooperation and networks in the small business strategy context. It examines different concepts...

The edited collection brings into focus the meanings, interpretations and the process of value creation in international business. Exploring value creation in the context of emerging and developed economies, Volume 2 takes the perspective of small and medium sized enterprises and examines...

Drawing on research conducted over the last 3 years in Cornwall, UK, this new book explores the impact of the EU/BT funded introduction of fibre broadband on rural SMEs. Including a qualitative methodology and in depth focus groups with over 200 companies, The Impact of Fibre Connectivity on...

This book identifies the driving forces behind globalization and proposes innovative ways for small and medium enterprises to confront them. More than ever, sustainable competitive advantage requires SMEs to continually adapt their strategy and confront new and current competition in the...

This book describes how a deeper knowledge and understanding of cultural differences represents a meaningful and useful tool for management of companies, and in particular SMEs, in the People’s Republic of China. After introductory chapters on the internationalization of SMEs and the role...

Torsten M. Kühlmann and Ramona Heinz developed this guideline in reference to a European project designed to analyze the overall situation of skilled immigrants. They show that the management of a workforce which is comprised of people from diverse cultural backgrounds is a challenge for small...

This book presents a business model on how to structure the relationship between financial services and procurement. The need for new models is particularly important to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) where there is an evident difficulty in accessing credit. Due to this context,...