This article synthesizes current insights into supplier management practices that professional buyers can apply in the public procurement context. Specifically, it discusses the practices, rationale, and challenges associated with implementing supplier development as an important activity within...

Many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) do not often survive beyond five years. The major challenge is the transition from the maturity stage to a sustainable stage. However, apart from a few studies done on SME sustainability with the majority engaged in SME performance, a gap has been...

Response to customers' needs is considered a key to success of micro and small food agro-processing enterprises. However, these firms tend lose customers as a result of fast changing customers' tastes and preferences in the market. Arguments are directed on the learning culture of micro and...