This paper aims to highlight, from a marketing perspective, the manner and conditions in which small and medium-sized enterprises can use modern management methods in planning the marketing activity. Using modern methods of management are particularly important for managers of these...

The MalaysiaÕs wood-based industry is expected to contribute substantially to national income earning through value-added products such as furniture, mouldings, panel products as well as buildersÕ joinery and carpentry. During the Second Industrial Master Plan (IMP2, 1996Ð2005), it was...

The integration of activities, the business processes as well as their optimization, bring the perspective of profitable growth and create significant and competitive advantages in any company. The adoption of some ERP integrated software solutions, from SMEs’ perspective, must be considered...

The present study focuses on the issue of innovation among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which constitute the lifeblood of economic growth. The power of this lifeblood depends on the level of innovativeness of these enterprises insofar as SMEs consider innovation their main...

Resulta esencial una proximacion conceptual y teorica al Turismo Relacional para dotar de mayor contenido y profundidad a sus propuestas en materia cientifica, en los siguientes parrafos trataremos de perfilar la identidad del turismo relacional a partir de sus rasgos más esenciales, de cara a...

Asia’s phenomenal growth over the past few decades has been driven by the rise of Factory Asia. However, the global financial crisis and uncertain growth prospects in the United States and the eurozone have dampened demand for Asian exports. At the same time, rising wages threaten to erode the...

Purpose - The study aims to clarify the issue of whether measurement has a positive effect on different aspects of innovation capability. The study contributes to the current understanding in two ways; first by presenting the important aspects of organisational innovation capability, and second...

Lack of regulation and general frameworks for reporting environmental information, determines auditors to avoid areas where their expertise can be useful. Because an environmental audit requires different types of skills, the most rational way of organizing this type of audit seems teamwork,...

Since 2012, the Banque de France has conducted a new survey on access to bank loans /credit for industrial and service sector SMEs and MTEs. Firms appear to have reduced their demand for bank financing although the supply has not contracted.

Entities that have been restructured via LBOs generally appear to perform better and are more dynamic than the average: at constant investment rates, their development potential and cash-flow generation look higher.