It is maintained that processes such as lean construction can arguably reduce costs within theconstruction process. These costs primarily arise due to a lack of harmonisation betweencontracting parties. Historically, this relationship has been transactional in nature, with bothparties seeking to...

Entrepreneurship and small business development has been subject to a considerable amount ofacademic speculation. Historically, a wide range of studies have reported that the organisationaland managerial dynamics of an entrepreneurial firm change as it develops and grows. It iscommonly...

Enterprise College Wales (ECW), designed by the University of Glamorgan, is an on-line, webbaseddegree in Enterprise, aimed at creating and improving entrepreneurial and managerialcapacity in the EU Objective One Areas of Wales, where such activity has been deficient. Thisdistance learning (with...

Heritage is the key to the success of the tourism industry in Wales. Tourism itself is one of thelargest and most important industries in the Principality contributing £2.0 billion in spendingfrom overnight and day visitors, 7% to GDP and 10% of jobs to the economy (100,000 jobs).Following a...

Many enterprises are operating in complex and competitive environments, and changes in the internal and external environment have prompted them to engage in better ways of doing business. In order to respond to these changes, and survive in today’s volatile business environment, enterprises...

"This book contains an up-to-date and academically grounded work on enterprise financing in emerging economies in terms of global dynamics investigating theories, models and processes. It provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area."