Firm's boundaries have been one of the central questions in several research domains, but it is possible to affirm that a definitive consensus has not been reached to determine the relationship between diversification and firm's performance. We study this relationship according to the main...

Small and medium-sized companies in the investment goods industry find themselves more and more often confronted with radical changes in the conditions of their business environments. The access to one dimensional growth just by selling physical products is becoming increasingly limited....

Based on the experience of selected countries, this paper offers a critical presentation of the development of the microfinance sector in Africa. The paper supports the view that microfinance institutions, especially those engaged in full financial intermediation, complement effectively the...

With the growing importance of E-Commerce, commercially <p> available E-Commerce servers are increasingly gaining ground. Our <p> research investigates two of the most commonly implemented <p> products, IBM's Net.Commerce (NC) and Microsoft's Site Server <p> Commerce (SSC) Edition. After a short description...</p></p></p></p>