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Business Success In Small And Medium Sized Enterprises Through The Implementation Of The Techniques Of World Class Business And Benchmarking, Dónal Ó Liatháin Jan 2001

Business Success In Small And Medium Sized Enterprises Through The Implementation Of The Techniques Of World Class Business And Benchmarking, Dónal Ó Liatháin

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‘ Europe is losing its competitiveness ‘ was the underlying message in the Tanaiste’s, Ms Mary Harney, opening address, at the 3^^ annual Benchmarking Conference held in the O’Reilly Hall, Dublin, on the 28^^ of February 2001. According to the latest figures from the European Commission, the European GDP lags its Japanese and American rivals by 17% and 33% respectively. Small and medium sized enterprises provide over 66% of the European Community employment and 65% of the turnover, which indicate the vital role played by small and medium sized enterprises in Europe’s economy. The objective of this thesis was to …


Networking Strategy Of Boards: Correlates, Performance Effects, And Implications For Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Gerard George, D. Robley Wood, Raihan Khan Jan 2001

Networking Strategy Of Boards: Correlates, Performance Effects, And Implications For Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Gerard George, D. Robley Wood, Raihan Khan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Development of linkages with the external environment, e.g. interlocks, is a mechanism to access scarce resources. Creating and maintaining these linkages may be an organizational capability that creates a competitive advantage for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A partial model of networking strategy is proposed, which includes measures of board composition, interlocks, entrepreneurial orientation and environmental hostility. Analysis of 70 community bank Chief Executive Officer (CEO) responses (58% response rate) lends support to the proposition that firms with a networking strategy performed better (higher return on assets (ROA) and higher return on expenditure (ROE)) than those firms that did not …


Industri Kecil Dan Sederhana Malaysia Dalam Ekonomi Global, Abdul Jabbar Abdullah Jan 2001

Industri Kecil Dan Sederhana Malaysia Dalam Ekonomi Global, Abdul Jabbar Abdullah

Student Works (2000-2009)

Ekonomi dunia masa kini telah memperlihatkan pelbagai perkembangan yang menarik. Era ledakan teknologi maklumat liberalisasi dan globalisasi serta K­ ekonomi memberikan cabaran baru kepada sektor pemiagaan dan industri. Jelas transfonnasi dan perubahan struktur ekonomi tersebut menjadikan tekanan persaingan pemiagaan tennasuk sektor industri bertambah sengit. Hanya industri yang mempunyai daya saing yang kukuh mampu bertahan. Bagaimanapun, sektor perkilangan terutarnanya sektor industri kecil dan sederhana (IKS) di Malaysia terus dilingkari oleh masalah tradisi yang seolah-olah tiada penghujung. Masalah kewangan, penggunaan teknologi yang minimum dengan kualiti keluaran yang rendah sentiasa menjadi isu utama yang menjcjaskan perkembangan sektor tersebut. Justeru, kemampuan IKS dalam mengharungi …


Small Business Owners' Measures Of Success, Elizabeth A. Walker Jan 2001

Small Business Owners' Measures Of Success, Elizabeth A. Walker

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Small business plays a significant part in the economy of all nations because of its revenue contribution and as a generator of employment. In the Australian context, small businesses account for 85% of all businesses, employ 40% of the total workforce and contribute $75 billion annually to Industry Gross Product. All of these numerical indicators highlight the financial importance of small business, which is also how small business success has traditionally been measured. These traditional success measures have been by increases in financial performance criteria, such as return on investment, turnover or profit, or by increases in number of staff.