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Innovative Way of Optimizing the Manufacturing Processes on Parallel Production Lines in SME
GRUIA, George Cristian; KAVAN, Michal - In: Economia. Seria Management 17 (2014) 2, pp. 238-247
The goal of the paper is to present a new way for scheduling the processes within and not limited to manufacturing companies. The aim of the paper is to offer the management of SMEs a revolutionary way for increasing the company’s productivity using a better planning and usage of the available...
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Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen der Informations- und Kommunikationswirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Maaß, Frank; Schröder, Christian; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2013
Germany. Most of the ICT companies invest in new know-how and achieve - mainly as a result of own investments into research … and development (R&D) - their innovation goals in the medium term. However, the shortage of skilled workers turns out to … be a hindering factor in the innovation process . By contrast, most ICT companies have not been sufficiently suc …
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LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED TEXTILE ENTERPRISES
Cano-Olivos, Patricia; Orue-Carrasco, Fernando; José … - In: Review of Business and Finance Studies 5 (2014) 1, pp. 61-68
The worldwide market opening and globalization of supply chains demand a series of structural changes where logistics plays a strategic role. Customers evaluate the quality of the product, its added value and its availability in time and form, which involves making processes more efficient. Some...
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The financial position of SMEs in 2009: a financial structure that has proven resilient to the crisis.
Cayssials, J.L.; Kremp, E. - In: Quarterly selection of articles - Bulletin de la Banque … (2010) 19, pp. 31-62
In 2009, the crisis affected SME’s profitability more than their financial structure. Major differences remain between SMEs, with increasing numbers of failures in this category. The decline in investment, which was already weak before the crisis, is compromising their ability to recover in...
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ICT and environmental innovations in a complementary fashion. Is the joint adoption by firms economically visible?
Antonioli, Davide; Cecere, Grazia - 2014
We analyse how the joint adoption of ICT practices and environmental innovation affect the labour productivity of firms …. We study complementarity in innovation adoption, with respect to the specific research hypotheses that the higher … manufacturing firms for a dense SME area in the North-East of Italy (Emilia-Romagna region). We originally merge innovation survey …
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Développement et expérimentation d'un modèle de gestion collaborative des pratiques informatiques à l'usage des petites et moyennes entreprises
DI RENZO, Bernard; FELTUS, Christophe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
This paper relates to the experimental draft of the model of collaborative management of ICT practices for use in SME, developed as part of a project of the Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor. This model aims to propose to SME an optimized management of their respective information system in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008599134
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NOEMI, a collaborative management for ICT process improvement in SME: experience report
DI RENZO, Bernard; FELTUS, Christophe; PRIME, Sylvie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
This paper relates to an R&D project – called NOEMI – aiming to propose to SME’s a collaborative management of their respective information systems in terms of quality, reliability and cost. The targeted SME are those without IT dedicated internal staff. The model developed in the project...
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Variety of Search and Innovation: A Comparative Study of US Manufacturing and Knowledge Intensive Business Services Sectors
Cosh, A.; Zhang, J. - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2012
Whilst the variety of search activities promotes innovation, there is a central tension between a firm's potential … capabilities, but also by the nature of innovation activities at sector level. Drawing upon a statistical analysis of a large scale … emerges. Implications and contributions to the innovation search literature are discussed. …
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Chancen und Risiken von CSR im Mittelstand
Icks, Annette; Levering, Britta; Maaß, Frank; Werner, Arndt - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2015
Die Studie erörtert Chancen und Risiken, die mit der Anwendung der Unternehmensführungsstrategie CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) verbunden sind. Eine Vielzahl an Gefahren in CSR-aktiven Unternehmen - darunter das Risiko des Greenwashings - werden identifiziert, systematisiert und...
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Analyse des deutschen Zuwanderungssystems im Hinblick auf den Fachkräftebedarf im Mittelstand
Maaß, Frank; Icks, Annette - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2012
Die Politik in Deutschland setzt u. a. auf Zuwanderung von Hochqualifizierten aus Drittstaaten zur Schließung von … identifizieren. Die Studie untersucht die Migrationsströme von und nach Deutschland und zeigt auf, wie andere Länder vorgehen, um den …
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