... of Business Administration BCG=Boston Consulting Group BMBF=Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), Germany Germany Small to medium‐sized enterprises Management education Universities Curricula Engineers Performance Strategic management...

... than newness (Voss et al., 1992). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Australia Customer service management Small to medium‐sized enterprises Organizational innovation Organizational performance Ambidextrous Service Innovation has long been recognised as one...

...), “ Incumbent's use of pre‐entry alliances before expansion into new technical subfields of an industry ”, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization , Vol. 18 , pp. 347 ‐ 72 . Monkhouse , E. (1995), “ The role of competitive benchmarking in small to medium‐sized enterprises ”, Benchmarking...

...Brent Snider; Giovani J.C. da Silveira; Jaydeep Balakrishnan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the critical success factors (CSFs) of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach Five case...

... This paper defines key contingency factors influencing performance measurement in SMEs; it contributes to clarifying how these factors could influence performance measurement practices in companies. Performance measurement (quality) Small to medium‐sized enterprises Corporate governance Management...

...). Our second research question was developed from the above: Adegoke Oke can be contacted at: adegoke.oke@asu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Innovation Performance management Small to medium‐sized enterprises United Kingdom The importance of SMEs has been noted...

... while keeping other variables controlled. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Lean production Ceramics Small to medium‐sized enterprises Business performance Spain Concentrating then on LP, we find enough agreement for us to identify three “bundles” of associated practices...

...Harry Boer; Anders Drejer; Simon Mosey Purpose This study aims to understand how small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) can build a dynamic capability for new‐to‐market product development. Design/methodology/approach Five innovative and ambitious case firms were selected and studied...

.... © MCB UP Limited 2003 Make‐to‐order manufacturing Small to medium‐sized enterprises Performance improvement World‐class manufacturing There have been many attempts to build comprehensive models for performance improvement, coming under a number of banners including lean...

... 2002 Manufacturing strategy Small to medium‐sized enterprises It is now over 30 years since Skinner (1969) highlighted the strategic importance of manufacturing, pointing out that it is only through their operations that manufacturers can achieve their business objectives. He argued...

... applied a DEA‐based methodology to identify small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) that operate on the frontier of manufacturing flexibility practice. Data were obtained via a questionnaire survey that considered seven basic dimensions of manufacturing flexibility. Subsequently, discriminant analysis...

... forms of manufacture. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Subcontracting Manufacturing Electronics industry Small to medium‐sized enterprises Outsourcing Decision‐support systems Contemporary and future organizational forms for manufacture are increasingly seen to involve vertical...

...Raffaella Cagliano; Gianluca Spina; Roberto Verganti; Giulio Zotteri Notes that supporting small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in their process towards the adoption of business process re‐engineering (BPR) may be essential as the tools and methodologies of BPR were designed for larger...

... to medium‐sized enterprises The presentation of the empirical data takes place through a brief display of Office Machines’ strategies and external networks. Comparing these strategies and networks with the theoretically derived principles of the lean enterprise is the task of the next section...

...Abby Ghobadian; David Gallear Notes a broad agreement that small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) fulfil a critical role in modern economies, and therefore their ability to survive, remain competitive and produce high quality outputs is of utmost importance at both micro and macro levels...

... subcontractors/large purchaser relationships. Italy Operations management Small to medium‐sized enterprises Strategic planning Subcontracting Supplier relations Subcontracting is at present undergoing a period of renewed importance: the increase in the incidence of purchases on sales...