The provision of adequate health care facilities to cater for the health of workers is an important consideration in the management of manufacturing industries, since productivity is dependent on the health status of the workers. There are very few studies evaluating the health care provision in Nigerian industries. This study elucidates such health care services in Edo and Delta States of Nige...

This paper describes the response of two small manufacturing firms to changes in their business and technological environment. Both firms chose to form alliances to meet these challenges, but for contrasting reasons. The first case study describes a firm that utilises an alliance with another small firm with a complementary technology to gain access to a new market. The second case profiles a f...