Since the management revolution highlighted by the theories of Frederick Winslow and Henry Fayol, plenty of global changes have occurred. Competitiveness has become the major factor to determine the economic and social power represented by companies and nations. The basic aim of the research to...

The judgement of products and brands on the world market is in close correlation with the fact where do they come from. The marketing literature defines this as “country of origin effect”, but many experts use the „made in marketing” or the „made in label” terms too. We can read...

Manufacturing software modules are essential part of any large ERP IT product. However, in most practical cases, the detailed process planning for shop floor control to assembly component parts to manufacture finished goods needs further software extension to improve manufacturing execution....

Working Capital that accounts for 20-40% of the total assets (depending on the industry) plays a challenging role in managing companies. It requires a close attention because of the threatening risk of an eventual failure to meet the financial obligations. The paper discusses the characteristics...

Den globalen Herausforderungen kann eine Unternehmung erst entsprechen, wenn sie einen Betrieb von zuverlässigem, ausgeglichenem und hohem Niveau verwirklicht. Unsere Untersuchungen im Jahre 2003 und 2004 richteten sich in erster Linie auf die Lebensfähigkeit der Unternehmungen und auf jene...

Due to increasing competition enterprises are enforced to undergo continual renewal and find new solutions. The reserves of competition-improvement - hopefully deriving from reduction of the production costs - are run down. The reduction of logistic expenses as well as the improvement of quality...

Knowledge is power. Information is value. I could be considered to talk in clichés, but on closer examination we can get interesting results.

At the entrepreneurial research level several models of the enterprise development have been created and proposed. These models can be placed into several groups, such as metamorphic models, models of crises, models of markets development, and models of structural and behavioural changes. Also...