this study examines the effects of organizational culture (oc) on corporate entrepreneurship (ce) among small and medium enterprises (smes). first, some models were developed to measure organizational culture and corporate entrepreneurial activities. these models measure the key factors of oc that influence personnel to initiate ce and different entrepreneurial activities that smes applied for ...

the best deal. Nowhere is more real than today business environment which affect the success or otherwise of any business venture. Several authors have attributed failure of businesses particularly small and medium scale enterprises to various factors ranging from training of the entrepreneur to exposure and experience while some analysts opined that business environment could impact on small a...

regarding the importance of entrepreneurial decision making process and due to the insufficiency of pervious research in considering qualitative aspects of the issue, this study aims to conceptualize entrepreneurial decision making process in small & medium size enterprises. for this purpose, the qualitative case study method was applied among iranian prominent entrepreneurs in the year of 2009...

Today, success and worth of a business depend more on intellectual capital than physical capital. Hence, knowledge that exists within an organization is a sustainable source of competitive advantage, which makes Knowledge Management (KM) a critical input in the growth of any organization and more so in the case of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Even though much has been researched and wri...

This paper reports the outcomes of a two-phase investigation into leadership development in SMEs in the South West of England that aimed to devise an educational programme matched specifically to their needs. Phase One aimed to determine the demand for leadership development in SMEs in the Region by means of face-to-face interviews with 20 SME directors and was supported by interviews with lead...

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 ...

This whitepaper discusses the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises. Furthermore it contains subjects like internationalization of SMEs in the time of globalization, reasons for internationalization, SMEs’ motives for internationalization, different forms and models of SMEs internationalization and dealing with internationalization by SMEs. INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMES IN T...

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...