This study aims to examine how small and medium enterprises manage the tensions between organizational agility and efficiency. Organizational agility is a multidimensional concept where each of its components can interact differently with efficiency. The tensions between other capabilities have...

State-owned companies are typically trapped in a bureaucratic system that means they expe-rience difficulties undertaking changes and adapting to environmental changes. Whenever these com-panies attempt a strategic maneuver, a series of complex bureaucratic procedures must be followed. As a...

Purpose: Micro-enterprises have a vital role in the development of a nation by creating employment, encouraging entrepreneurship, balancing social income and educating the workforce. Yet, micro-enterprises face significant operational challenges such as low productivity, high production costs...

Intro -- Managing Business Performance -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- PART 1 Introduction -- 1 Prologue -- 1.1 Background to this book -- 1.2 Motivation and principles -- 1.3 Who is this book for? -- 1.4 Structure of the book -- References -- 2 A Short History...