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) are one of the buoyant businesses in global economy with abundant resources that have not been fully exploited. Despite several revelations on challenges SMEs, little to none comprehensively captured financial factors affecting performance particularly, Kenyan leather sector. This study explores SMEs using case industry sector Kenya. The data was collec...

in this study the association between social capital and entrepreneurial locus of control among small and medium-sized enterprises’ managers is evaluated. the innovation of this study is theorizing and clarifying the role of social capital and its dimensions in fostering managers' internal locus of control. internal locus of control is one of the most frequently mentioned personal characte...

in today's dynamic and uncertain environment, knowledge is a strategic source for organizations to gain the competitive advantage and innovation. in this research, we have investigated mediating role of knowledge management between environmental uncertainty and organizational innovation. data was collected through questionnaire from 89 large and medium sized manufacturing companies in suburb ma...

Large industrial enterprises had innovation rates of 84% compared to 63% of similarly sized service enterprises. In excess of 67% of medium sized industrial enterprises engaged in innovation activity in the period while 58% of service enterprises were innovation active. Small industrial enterprises (ten to forty-nine persons engaged) had an innovation activity rate of 51% compared to 38% of sma...

OBJECTIVES Despite the great contribution made by chemical substances to the development of modern civilization, their indiscriminate use has caused various kinds of damage to the global environment and human beings. Accordingly, the major developed countries and international society have tried to ensure the safe use of chemicals and a reduction in the use of hazardous chemicals through the es...

Introduction The research reported in this paper relates to an empirical study of business start-ups and their survival and growth or, conversely, their failure (exit) in the early years following start-up. A cohort of new start small or micro businesses which were set up with the support of a Training & Enterprise Council (TEC) in the West Yorkshire area are investigated. TECs are a government...