this paper aims to comprehend the intrinsic limitations of the market players in the financial system and how these create a situation of `missing middle` for small and medium industries (sme) financing in bangladesh. a clear dualism prevails in the manufacturing industry of this country. while the smes maintains the biggest share in establishments and employment creation, large enterprises (le...

the objective of this paper is to determine the efficiency of manufacturing companies in kenya over the period of 2009 to 2011 as well as suggesting appropriate policies to be employed by the manufacturing companies in kenya based on the findings of the study. three critical inputs variables (raw materials, staff expenses and plant and machinery) and two output variables (net sale and earnings ...

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) make an important & great contribution to increase the Indian economy at best level and are a focus of improving their efficiency and competitiveness. In this research we discuss the development of a project research to investigate the suitability of Six Sigma as an improvement methodology for Indian SMEs in the Indian manufacturing sector. Large scale ...

Purpose: This article focuses on the mediating role of innovation orientation and moderating organisational trust (OT) relationship between ambidextrous leadership (AL) export performance (EP). The need to highlight drivers AL its influence EP necessitated this study. Design/methodology/approach: authors subjected sample data set from 420 respondents that engage in direct indirect activities in...

internationalization and tendency of small and medium enterprises to move into international markets are important and one of the essential factors of economic growth and development in the developing countries. several factors affect the process of internationalization of firms has been studied. the main goal of this study is examination relations between business strategies and internationali...