Purpose: This paper aims to focus on the innovation practices of small family businesses (rural farmers) living in border areas. Previous studies on small rural businesses have a low level of knowledge of innovation practices. The author acknowledges that technological innovation affects small...

Considering that the concepts of dynamic production system and traditional system are placed in opposite sides of a continuum, the critical factor for the companies is in finding the break-even point desired to maximize the results and to reduce costs. The aim of this paper is to verify the...