Small Manufacturing Units (SMUs) play an important role in the development of the country. The SMU sector has become very important for many economic activities in developing countries because of its special features of capital sparing and labour intensiveness. In fact, these small and tiny...

There are several scholarly studies on the finding of relationship between corporate environmental performance (CEP) and profitability of firm. In the recent scenario of strategic application of CEP, scholars have proposed to have an indirect relationship between CEP and profitability. Questions...

This paper attempts to study the relationship between firm legal form and firm performance in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) using the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) database. Our analysis shows that open shareholding, closed shareholding, partnership, and limited...

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Authors; 1 Introduction to OEMS; 2 Models for Implementing OEMS; 3 Readying the Organization for OEMS; 4 Repackaging Multiple Management System into an OEMS; 5 Understanding Documentation and Learning to Write for...

We use a novel dataset extracted from the Society of Information Management’s (SIM) survey of chief information officers (CIOs) and top information technology (IT) executives to examine organizations’ most critical IT management issues during 2014-2017 and their effect on firm profitability....

Purpose: Was examined the relationship between social culture, Industry 4.0 technologies, and organizational performance in companies from emerging countries. Design/methodology/approach: Were chose medium and large companies from emerging Latin American economies. Colombia and Peru as the most...

This paper investigates the short-term costs and benefits of apprenticeship training in Germany. It calls into question the popular stylised fact that apprenticeship training always leads to net costs during the apprenticeship period. We analyse the impact of the proportion of different...

This paper attempts to study the relationship between firm legal form and firm performance in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) using the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) database. Our analysis shows that open shareholding, closed shareholding, partnership, and limited...