Agile software development processes emphasize team work in small groups as one of the features that contribute to high software quality and knowledge dispersion among developers. Research supports claims that agile methods also lead to higher motivation and job satisfaction among developers. Research in workplace psychology indicates that factors like autonomy, variety, significance, feedback,...

The industrial system operates through different principles of system development than the ecosystem. Industrial ecology can be a fruitful metaphor for facilitating the development of industrial systems toward the principles of system development of ecosystems. In this paper the industrial ecosystem analogy includes the four ecosystem principles of roundput, diversity, locality and gradual chan...

As an industrial economic organization with specific characteristics, industrial cluster is emerging with strong dynamism in global competition and driving the development of regional economy. However, industrial cluster can bring some negative impact on regional economy development. This paper tries to illustrate the reasons for the stagnation and degradation of resource-based regional industr...

Obviously, numerous famous brands come from industrial clusters, which become the main motive force to promote regional development. It indicates that the industrial cluster environment can promote brand development. This paper will study industrial clusters from the brand perspective, through reviewing the classification of industrial clusters, put forward the new classification of industrial ...

The creation of small manufacturing enterprises is considered by many governments and donor agencies, as the key to economic and social development in countries regardless of development level. Furthermore, review of the literature show evidence that SMEs are understood as a source of technology development. At the same time they are vulnerable to a number of restrictions such as access to fina...