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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"SME environment"”.
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Using activity based costing in customer profitability strategies in a South African SME environment : a South African case study
Small to medium scale enterprises (SMEs) face an ever increasing competitive and unforgiving business environment. Deregulation. increased global competition. the global economic downturn and the technical recession that South Africa has entered into (SACCI. May 2009). place increased pressure on …
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Successful technology management : cultural and organisational dimensions of MIS implementation in SMEs
… of a modern Small to Medium sized Enterprise (SME). Substantively, the research is two-fold: firstly, to examine organisational culture and, secondly, its relationship with IT implementations, specifically computer-based Management Information Systems (MIS). An extensive literature review has …
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Sustainability in supply chain management practices in least developed countries: A case of SMEs in Zambian mining sector
… is to explore the sustainability practices of SME suppliers as influenced by the stakeholders in the mining SC in Zambia. The study aims to provide the policymakers and senior managers of focal firms by developing a detailed framework that helps in examining the SME environment with regard to …
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EXPLORING EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COACHING PRACTICES FOR TALENT IN THAI SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
… (HRD) in small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand, with a specific focus on coaching practices for talent. Three case-study organisations were identified as ‘critical cases’, due to their having received Thailand’s SME National Award, which identifies SMEs as top-performing …
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Developing Innovative Heat Exchangers in a Small-Medium Enterprise: Modelling and Implementation of Pillow Plate Heat Exchangers
… conducted within a Small-Medium Enterprise (SME) environment. This study first develops a robust effectiveness-NTU design methodology, adapting established heat transfer principles to the unique geometric characteristics of pillow plates across diverse applications including natural …
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Building engagement for post-pandemic survival and growth in an SME
… increase employee engagement in a family-owned SME, leading to increased productivity and professionalism. From a research perspective the objective was to corroborate existing theories relating to engagement and related leadership approaches and integrate these into a combined theory for …
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The impact of action strategies on the success of sme's in a South African context
… capital, personality and goal setting. but the environment has an indirect influence on success. The research has confirmed the findings of Frese (2000) and (2002) in that complete planning and critical point planning strategies have a positive impact on success while opportunistic planning and …
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Towards a model of ICT adoption for the ICT Cluster in the West Midlands
… there is ample evidence to suggest that the environment of small companies is complex and volatile and fundamental to the economy and yet hitherto success of the support in this area is patchy. Third, the role of those working to support small companies is largely unsupported in terms of …