The importance of standardisation is growing. This might be reflected in a growth of standardisation education. In this paper we will elaborate on education in the field of standardisation.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical trajectory of African management research and managerial thinking. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws from a review and synthesis of the literature from 1960–2012. Findings – The analysis led to the...

The DRBPM system analyzes the standard and non-standard definitions, compares them with available resources and the volume of input and designs the optimum way to perform.The other known solutions were developed specially for products and are complex in a way that demand specialists to implement...

This article analyzes the approaches to the definition of the competitive advantages of business. Based on a review of the resource, technological, institutional, organizational and technological approaches, the expediency of the organizational and technological approach to solving the problem...

Resource concept seems relatively banal, the economy using the general meaning: support element to meet the needs. Resources represent the inputs to the activity of any company and refer to: properties, employees, streams of information, knowledge, cultural values, organizational capabilities,...

The development of the business on the international markets amplifies the action and the consequences of all types of risks the company is exposed to, from the perspective of the diversity of forms under which they appear and due to the magnitude of the effects they generate. The present paper...

The purpose of this article is to find out if there is a necessity of doing research in business strategies due to differences between businesses in industrial and postindustrial era. Business strategies are a key factor of success. Only a company with a good strategy can beat others in hard...

At the beginning of the 21st century, entrepreneurial leadership is as necessary as water and air for survival. The knowledge of entrepreneurial practices and methods is useful for the companies facing a complex and changing environment, but also in society’s interest, to ensure development...

Investors and analysts often need to look into a firm’s operations more deeply than traditional financial statements and models allow. This book describes newly developed tools for using operations metrics to discern and influence the valuation of a firm. It is the first to present these...