Purpose: This study explores the complexity of developing a sustainable small and medium industry (SMI) through conceptual model that integrates lean green manufacturing principles.Design/methodology/approach: includes systems diagram illustrates structure interconnected variable interrelationships between goals, inputs, processes, outputs required to achieve system’s goals by using both princi...

small and medium enterprises development policy by  cluster approach  program is a new method to attempt to industrial development goals in developed and developing country in the world. in the last decades in some of country such as iran concentrate that programmed. industrial development program by cluster approach need some measurable factor for control and assessment. program’s control must...

This paper presents estimates of the degree of returns to scale using nonparametric measures of primal and dual productivity for 2-digit US manufacturing industries. As part of the analysis, the cyclical behaviour of primal and dual productivity measures are considered, time-varying markups are allowed for, and the small sample properties of the instrumental variables estimator used to derive t...

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...

this research covered three villages in kura local government area of kano state. the study described the socio-economic characteristics of maize producers and their production techniques and also determined the profitability and resource use efficiency in the maize production. structured questionnaires were used for primary data collection and 40 small scale producers were purposively selected...

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...