University financial performance presents a complex set of problems for managers. This research builds on previous work that provided a simple model of financial performance using data found in the public domain, and which yielded six key ratios describing: the nature of a university's business;...

University financial performance presents a complex set of problems for managers. This research provides a simple pyramid of financial performance and resultant ratios, developed solely from data to be found in the public domain. These ratios describe the nature of a university's business, its...

The forces pushing management researchers inexorably closer to the managers they study are strong, strengthening and generally welcomed. This paper sees disadvantages in such proximity and common interest. Much of the work of management researchers is not rigorous, not sensible, and not useful,...

This paper provides an account of a questionnaire-based study of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their responses to the current requirements of environmental best practice. The study was based within South Yorkshire.We aim to explore the current relationship between SMEs and the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on a full-scale testing of the role of marketing and its relevance in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The objective is to present the results of a rigorous assessment of a new model of marketing in SMEs. Design/methodology/approach...

This paper presents a new model of the role and relevance of marketing in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The model was developed to explain the apparent mismatch between the need for marketing activities to sustain and grow these companies in a competitive business environment (i.e....

Supported Employment Enterprises (SEEs) are a unique sector of small and medium-sized enterprises that provide meaningful, gainful employment, training and development opportunities for people with a disability. SEEs are run specifically to provide employment but are also commercial enterprises...

This paper provides an account of a questionnaire-based study of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their responses to the current requirements of environmental best practice. The study was based within South Yorkshire. We aim to explore the current relationship between SMEs and the...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are an important part of the world economy but they are thought to be responsible for around 60% of all carbon dioxide emissions and 70% of all pollution. SMEs often have major problems with limited resources, limited knowledge, and limited technical...