Enterprise architecture methods provide a structured system to understand enterprise activities. However, existing enterprise modelling methodologies take static views of the enterprise and do not naturally lead to a path of improvement during enterprise model transformation. This paper...

This publication analyzes the profile of entrepreneurs and how they create high-growth businesses in 13 countries in Latin America, East Asia and southern Europe. It also offers case studies of entrepreneurship development policies and programs in the Americas and Europe. The comparative...

This publication analyzes the profile of entrepreneurs and how they create high-growth businesses in 13 countries in Latin America, East Asia and southern Europe. It also offers case studies of entrepreneurship development policies and programs in the Americas and Europe. The comparative...

This research investigates three major hypotheses important to new product market success in the heavy construction equipment industry which are as follows: the greater the degree of organisational integration during the development of new products, the greater will be the market success of new...

Performance is an issue today in production management. Thus, every decision-maker within the production management system must make his own decisions in relation to local objectives which must be defined and valued consistently within the global objectives of the system. Based on this...

Benchmarking of industrial business processes is based on the comparison of performances reached. However, benchmarking should also allow the understanding of how each process attains these performances. To this end, modelling techniques can be very useful. For this purpose, we have developed...

The evaluation and selection of information technology projects is one of the most complex decision-making processes. To achieve alignment between projects and strategy is very important to analyze the goals and processes inside the organization. This paper presents a model for the selection of...

Through a discussion of peculiarities of food supply, involving focus on information connectivity, a preliminary framework is sought that underlines joint responsibility in a complete supply chain of actors working in network context to achieve safe, quality and economic provision of products to...

This paper offers a framework of performance modelling. This paper starts with the challenges in developing and implementing a Performance Measurement System (PMS) in a typical production and operational environment. It identifies the future operational environment and discusses the implications...

Benchmarking has become a famous slogan in the recent past, so many companies are in discussion about measuring their performance and comparing the results with other enterprises. Due to confidentiality of information, companies tend to be cautious about comparing themselves with competitors....