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Small Business Owners Strategies In The Retail Grocery Sector, Panzo Nteka
Small Business Owners Strategies In The Retail Grocery Sector, Panzo Nteka
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In Angola, 96.7% of established small businesses fail. Thus, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies retail grocery store owners in Angola use to succeed beyond 5 years. The population of the study consisted of 5 retail grocery storeowners who sustained their businesses longer than 5 years in Angola. The conceptual framework for this study was the resource-based view. Face-to-face, semistructured interviews and company documentation review were used to collect data. Yin's 5-phase cycle, which includes (a) compiling, (b) disassembling, (c) reassembling, (d) interpreting, and (e) concluding, was used to find patterns, themes, and categories from …
Strategies To Reduce Employee Turnover In The Durable Goods Industry, Mary Jane Burnett
Strategies To Reduce Employee Turnover In The Durable Goods Industry, Mary Jane Burnett
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Some durable goods industry leaders lack strategies needed to successfully reduce voluntary employee turnover, which is detrimental to organizational performance and decreases an organization's competitive advantage. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore the strategies durable goods industry leaders used to reduce employee turnover in their organizations. The population consisted of 4 durable goods industry leaders in the southeastern region of the United States who had at least 3 years of managerial experience in reducing employee turnover. The conceptual framework was the transformational leadership theory of Bass. Methodological triangulation was used to increase the validity and …
Implementing Product Diversification Strategies For Small And Medium Retail Businesses' Sustainability, Justin Daniel Vogl
Implementing Product Diversification Strategies For Small And Medium Retail Businesses' Sustainability, Justin Daniel Vogl
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small businesses make up about 90% of all business entities and employ about 60% of the total workforce, yet 50% of small businesses fail within their first 5 years. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore how SBOs use the appropriate product diversification strategies to remain sustainable. The sample population were 3 small retail business owners in a large-sized county in the Washington, D. C. metropolitan area who employed fewer than 19 people and have successfully used product diversification strategies to remain sustainable beyond 5 years. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and company document reviews. …
Diversity Management Program Strategies To Support Competitive Advantage And Sustainable Growth, Alex Amegashie
Diversity Management Program Strategies To Support Competitive Advantage And Sustainable Growth, Alex Amegashie
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The study focuses on key characteristics that affect diversity management (DM) in the United States. Developing effective strategies to support and enhance workforce diversity is a competitive business advantage as diverse workforce economic and social contributions outpace homogeneous workgroups. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies that service organization leaders (diversity practitioner-leaders) use to develop DM programs to support competitive business advantage and sustainable growth. The general systems theory and DM framework were the lens that guided the study. Five diversity practitioner-leaders from service organizations with business operations in the northwestern region of United States …