This book investigates how strategic marketing is influencing organizations’ innovation performance. It presents a structured study conducted on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to identify the correlation between innovation and strategic marketing in both Indian manufacturing and...

This book focuses on the development of strategies for the successful internationalization of large and medium-sized companies. Becoming international offers important opportunities for companies of all sizes, but in an increasingly complex environment, the strategic planning involved is also a...

Introduction -- Internationalization: Facts and Figures About Internationalization -- Drivers of Internationalization for Companies -- Strategic Planning in General and in the International Context: Strategic Planning in General -- Strategic Planning of a Domestic Company as the Starting Point...

Positioning in Online Social Networks Through QDQ Media: An Opportunity for Spanish SMES? -- Modeling the Influence of eWOM on Loyalty Behaviour in Social Network Sites -- Crowdsourcing as a Competitive Advantage for New Business Models -- Analyzing a Successful Incubator Business Model: The...

Having met Beverly Ingle and hearing her speak about design thinking, I was enlightened and enthused. With a depth of knowledge and obvious passion for the usage of design thinking, she has already helped many business people, myself included, inject greater creativity into problem solving to...

The significance of managing end-to-end supply chains from one hand has been the subject of discussion for over ten years. Regina M. Neubauer provides an answer on how such a scenario might work by studying small- and medium-sized enterprises in the European logistics industry based on her...

Management control is one of the key management functions, but has been rarely addressed in academic research. Amongst other reasons, this disinterest might be rooted in the typically negative connotation of the term 'control'. Academics rather prefer topics like strategy development, planning...

Christian Berndt investigates how selected corporate actors in German small and medium-sized enterprises and in large companies respond to globalisation and the apparent crisis of the German model. By exploring the role of economic and non-economic factors in shaping business strategies he...

Small and medium-sized firms are a prevalent organizational form in Germany. Their importance for the German economy is indisputable. Most of them are global market leaders in their niches and are considered to be a force for innovation in the German economy. The ability to be innovative in...