As India is going to take prominent place in the world economy, the companies in India are drawing considerable attention. Though Indian companies are yet to become household names such as Ford, Coca-Cola, Toyota, or Sony, there are Indian companies such as Infosys, Reliance, and Tata Steel that have spread their name in significant ways outside India. When one looks at the so-called developed ...

Today many large, medium and small software companies experience difficulties in establishing quality improvement initiatives, although we can observe that unlike large companies, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) find it particularly difficult to adapt these quality initiatives. This is further complicated since most software quality initiatives, such as, e.g., CMM and SPICE, primarily...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce to small and medium enterprises, a quick and easy adaptation of strategic planning and deployment methods being used by large corporations world wide. A system of analyses coupled with powerful, yet easy to perform thinking tools will be explained through a case studies of manufacturing and service companies. This system will help executives and manager...

The theory of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) has been developed almost exclusively from the study of large deals by large firms. In this paper we argue that the behaviour and success of M&As by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) may be significantly different. Accordingly, we revisit established M&A theories, and develop a theoretical framework, and several testable hypotheses, regardin...

Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) includes the planning, management, control and improvement of enterprise architecture. The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is the best known and most trusted enterprise architecture standard used to improve the operational e ciency. It brings many benefits, but is also associated with costs. While the applicability to large enterprises is beyon...