This study examines the differences in strategies and activities pursued by a sample of more-successful and less-successful group of growing small-and medium-sized enterprises. Amongst other matters, it examines different functional strategies--the importance of management, human resource...

This study investigates differences in the policies being pursued by innovative and non-innovative firms. It focuses on a broad group of strategies in marketing, finance, production, management and human resources and asks whether there are key areas in which the strategies being followed by...

This paper aims to develop a model for knowledge measurement and competitive advantages generation in efficient consumer response (ECR) practices. However, we have also paid attention to other more specific objectives: the identification, selection and validation of indexes to measure...

This chapter explains how socially responsible investing (SRI) has evolved in the last few decades and sheds light on its latest developments. It describes different forms of SRI in the financial markets; and deliberates on the rationale for the utilisation of positive and negative screenings of...

The circular economy (CE) has recently stimulated debates on sustainable consumption and production; Its regenerative systems minimise the environmental impact as practitioner reduce their externalities, including; waste, emissions, and energy leakages through the use and reuse of resources....

Spanish Abstract: Las tecnologías de información y el Internet han estado transformando la manera en que las personas trabajan y realizan negocios. De acuerdo a lo mencionado por (Whitely 2000), éstas tecnologías brindan a las empresas oportunidades de acceso instantáneo a mercados...

This study was carried out to ascertain whether personnel serving their mandatory year of service in Ghana were satisfied with the quality of service provided by the Ghana National Service Scheme. The satisfaction of service personnel was measured by employing the gap model and factors...