The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between leadership styles of managers in relation to market orientation. Personal characteristics of top managers—age, education, area of specialization, and executive experience—are control variables. This exploratory study focuses on small and medium scale manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. Market orientation is defined as ...

Harder competition, the trend toward generally more complex products, shorter product lifecycles, and a higher demand of knowledge have forced the need of producing a product in co-operation with other enterprises. Through the increased co-operation of enterprises, global supply networks have evolved. The goal of these networks is the optimisation of logistical and production processes, which h...

This paper investigates the current issues for conducting technology transfer and innovation processes at food processing enterprises in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. By conducting an extensive qualitative study comprised of 8 in-depth interviews with Executive managers and R&D managers, we identify seven main themes that emerged from the data concerning the specific contents for food processing e...

This paper empirically examines commercialization of university faculty inventions through startup firms from 1994 through 2008. Using data from the Association of University Technology Managers and the 2010 NRC doctoral rankings, our research reveals several findings. We find that university entrepreneurship is more common in bad economic times and that engineering department quality and biolo...

Supply chain management has been influenced greatly by e-business, so does coordination which is regarded as the core of supply chain management. The characteristics of supply chain management based on e-business are analyzed firstly, which describe that information transmission has been accelerated and the relation between enterprises has become not only competitive but also cooperative under ...