This paper considers the current situation within Australian manufacturing SMEs and their approaches to innovation and international competitive advantage. Using the viewpoint and language of complexity theory, we consider the variety of possibilities available to SMEs in this area. We then...

Business groups are an important aspect of the industrial organization of many developing countries. This paper develops a theory suggesting that they may be organizations that facilitate modernization in the presence of financial market constraints. An important function of the stock market is...

Economics

Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...

Intensive pre-project feasibility and engineering studies begun in 1979 have produced an outline plan for development of a major project for production of shale oil from private lands in the Piceance Basin in western Colorado. This outline plan provides a blueprint for the development of a...

With developments such as an increase in competition, busier and more sophisticated consumers, companies attempt to achieve a competitive advantage through increased brand equity of their product offerings. Increased brand equity often translates into increased brand loyalty, which in turn means...

Many companies are oriented on the 4th industrial revolution, they solve daily a lot of new working situation in management and organization of own production processes. The purpose of this paper Is to present methodological tool for motivation of own staff by implementation of Industry 4.0...