The purpose of this research study is to analyze the factors that prevent small and medium size enterprises from implementing lean manufacturing processes and show, that by not implementing lean they are missing out on savings, efficient workforce, and new markets in the globalization arena....

This article tells the story of the successful effort to turn around the Labor Department's performance during the first five years of the Obama Administration. The Labor Department leadership team, largely chosen for its policy expertise rather than any management experience, used common-sense...

The efficient organisation of public research bodies is important to increase the production of scientific research, which is more and more necessary for competitiveness in modern economies. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the new project-based organisation of the biggest public research...

Spanish Abstract: La literatura existente señala el potencial de una gestión medioambiental proactiva en la generación de capacidades organizativas relativas a la minimización de costes. Además, durante los últimos años, la internalización de los costes medioambientales de la industria...

For project contracts the method of establishing the amount and order payment of compensation, depending on the actual deadline are offered. Numerical values are established on the basis of the dynamics of the project used the earned value method, and the concept of a curve of constant utility....

Due to competitive forces, deregulated economies and technological development, strategic alliances have become noteworthy in business. A kind of cooperative business activity without strict contract laws, strategic alliances have dramatically increased in the last decade. They have been...

Strategic management accounting provides financial information and analysis regarding product markets, competitors' costs, cost structures, and monitoring of firm strategy and competitor strategy (Bromwich, 1990). It assists the management team with better strategic decisions and organizational...

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to evaluate the roles of a transactive memory system and the supply network flexibility of the firm as antecedents of a firm’s supply chain agility (FSCA), also incorporating the moderating role of the transactive memory system. Second, to evaluate...

Successful leaders are facilitators who specifically target skilled and committed workers. Studies in organizational psychology and the research on an organization's actions suggest that management styles and staff motivation are key factors of business performance or failure. This study aimed...