The competitive dynamic business environment has forced large and small scale firms to reexamine their methods of doing business. For the last decades the large scale industries have implemented lean in order to sustain in a dynamic environment. But the small scale industries have ignored to implement lean due to economic factor. The benefits of lean implementation in large scale sector now rea...

Small scale industries (SSI) have a significant role in the Indian economy in view of its contribution to production, employment, and export. However, since 1991 small scale industries in India find themselves in an intensely competitive environment due to globalization, domestic economic liberalization, and dilution of sector specific protective measures. The formation of World Trade Organizat...

The purpose of this study was to explore how three different human resource variables affect employment growth of small-scale enterprises: Human capital of business owners, human capital of employees, and human resource development and utilization. The literature suggests different models how these human resource variables affect business outcomes. Longitudinal data from 119 German business own...

The presence of human capital has been linked to employment growth in both urban and rural areas. This article examines the relationship between small business development using multiple metrics in Alaska’s boroughs and the presence of the creative class. There is weak evidence supporting a causal link once we account for initial place specific economic conditions. Regions that are considering ...