This case provides information used to evaluate a small company, with two owners (50/50) who have different ideas about the future of the company, Multicines Aalto, S.A. The case summarizes the opinions of the partners during the long hours of negotiation for acceptable business value for both...

Issues of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) implementation have been extensively covered in the literature in regard to large companies; however, exclusive examination of the impact of AMT on small companies remains under researched. This examination of ten case study companies...

Small businesses, made up of companies and crafts, are an extremely important segment of the Croatian economy. Its contribution to overall employment, revenues and share in the overall number of entrepreneurs is exceptional. On the basis of size, about 95% of all Croatian companies were...

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Cloud technologies have developed intensively during the last years. Cloud computing allows the customers to interact with their data and applications at any time, from any location, while the providers host these resources. A client company may choose to run in the cloud a part of its business...

The article addresses the issue of Cloud Computing concept from the perspective of its implications on the business environment. In this respect we have analyzed the changes brought by the new technology which come to connect the discontinuities between the IT solutions adopted by small and...

Fundamentally, an audit is important to inform shareholders about the well-being of the company?s finances as it helps shareholders as well as stakeholders to make informed decisions based on the company?s performance. The current trend is however to exempt small companies from the annual audit...

The purpose of the present study is to analyze the relationship between the stakeholders’ influence strategy perception and the generic strategy in the small business enterprises in the cities of the North Coast of Santa Catarina, according to the typologies proposed. The work, which has a...

Corporate governance has been implemented by several companies to strengthen accountability, reinforce trust and confidence in companies where ownership and management are separated. Concerns have however been raised regarding the cost of corporate governance compliance for smaller listed...