SWOT analysis is a tool of the strategic management and it is used by the companies in the following situations: when they want to make ultimate decisions based on a complete analysis, in the strategic forecasting on three – five years, in the annual planning, when the company want a renewal...

The article analyses the influence of several factors relevant to internationalization processes of family firms and differentiates between those factors that aid internationalization and those that hinder such process based on literature review. There are many reasons behind the international...

In the currentdifficultglobal economic situationit is beneficialforanycountryto havecreateda solidfoundationsupportive of socio-economic growthand development,includingcompetitivenessand quality of lifeof all residents. This requires all availablecreativity and innovation, including enterprise...

Businesses need new bases and methods taking in account new values, culture, ethics, and norms (VCEN) of humans, leading both humans and businesses to their own requisite holism. This covers also enterprise governance and management and their predisposition to (responsible) enterprise vision...

Previous research identified that the delivery of integrated IT services requires intensive coordination. The aim of this research is to create a deeper understanding in how a vendor coordinates the delivery of integrated IT services to their clients as part of an outsourcing arrangement. This...

Interest in the concept of sustainability in dairy farming has grown as a result of the continuous pressure on farm incomes, occurrence of animal diseases with a major impact on the image of dairy farming, concerns about animal welfare, and environmental problems caused by agriculture. There...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the international retailers' strategic responses to the institutional environment in emerging markets. Design/methodology/approach – Based on in‐depth interviews with top managers from a grounded‐theory perspective, the research provides...

Despite the high level of investment in information systems by many retailers, senior management expectations are frequently not being met. The value of the information now available to the business seems not to be readily translated into commercial advantage. The challenge is to recognise that...

Despite some significant success stories, there has been only a slow diffusion of awareness of the benefits and application of site evaluation techniques in general, and the application of geographical information systems (GISs) in particular. Four types of factors that have hindered the...

Reveals that the People′s Republic of China is a market in transition. The Chinese Government wants to modernize the retail industry as part of the movement from a planned economy to a market economy. Reports that a series of interviews with managers of government‐owned department stores and...