Purpose: The research empirically investigates the effect of human resource management practices (HRMP), consisting of recruitment and selection, reward as well as recognition, training, performance appraisal (PA) and career development on affective commitment (AC) among employees working for...

Objective: The aim of the study is to examine the factors such as government policy, financial capital, cultural factors, social factors, and human capital that influence SMEs business success. Research Design & Methods: By observing many factors that affect businesses, this study applies...

Strategic management (STM) is recognized as an important element for firms’ success; however, small firms, especially in agribusiness, have widely been overlooked because it is often thought that a systematic STM is exclusively for large corporate firms. Firms engage in STM practices such as...

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...