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Sgouridis, Sgouris P. "Symbiotic strategies in enterprise ecology : modeling commercial aviation as an Enterprise of Enterprises." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43859.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology, Management, and Policy Program, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-351).
We investigate the effectiveness of strategic alternatives that are designed to dampen the cyclicality manifest in the commercial aviation (CA)-related industries. In this research we introduce the conceptual framework of Enterprise of Enterprises (EoE) as an extension and special case of a System of Systems, to facilitate the design of strategic alternatives in an enterprise ecosystem characterized by loosely coupled enterprises. The constituent enterprises in an EoE exhibit managerial and operational independence and have diverse value functions that are often viewed by the enterprises as zero-sum games. We argue that this may not always be the case; for example, in the CA EoE both airline and airframe manufacturers constituents would benefit from a steadier influx of aircraft that counters the current situation that is characterized by relatively stable demand growth rate for air travel while airline profitability and aircraft ordering fluctuate intensely. A strategic alternative geared towards this EoE-wide desired state is "symbiotic". In order to identify such strategies, we use the EoE framework to analyze the CA-related industries and to specify their local value functions and the salient interfaces among them based on an extensive review of the literature on commercial aviation. We develop working hypotheses about the driving mechanisms of the cycle in the CA EoE informed by the literature on economywide and supply chain cyclicality. To test these hypotheses, we extend a system dynamics model of commercial aviation. After testing several individual strategic alternatives, we find that capacity management is key to cycle moderation. We then compare two diverse, non-collusive ways for capacity management: faster aircraft deliveries and semi-fixed production schedules generated by long-term forecasts.
(cont.) While both are promising, only the latter alternative is shown to be Pareto optimal. We also examine the potential synergistic effects from combining more than one strategic alternatives for which we also discuss implementation implications. The EoE framework and some of our findings can be applicable and generalizable to other industries facing intense cyclical behavior.
by Sgouris P. Sgouridis.
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Kumar, Sri K. "Tools for enterprises collaboration in virtual enterprises." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/12512.
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Virtual Enterprise (VE) is an organizational collaboration concept which provides a competitive edge in the globalized business environment. The life cycle of a VE consists of four stages i.e. opportunity identification (Pre-Creation), partner selection (Creation), operation and dissolution. The success of VEs depends upon the efficient execution of their VE-lifecycles along with knowledge enhancement for the partner enterprises to facilitate the future formation of efficient VEs. This research aims to study the different issues which occur in the VE lifecycle and provides a platform for the formation of high performance enterprises and VEs. In the pre-creation stage, enterprises look for suitable partners to create their VE and to exploit a market opportunity. This phase requires explicit and implicit information extraction from enterprise data bases (ECOS-ontology) for the identification of suitable partners. A description logic (DL) based query system is developed to extract explicit and implicit information and to identify potential partners for the creation of the VE. In the creation phase, the identified partners are analysed using different risks paradigms and a cooperative game theoretic approach is used to develop a revenue sharing mechanism based on enterprises inputs and risk minimization for optimal partner selection. In the operation phases, interoperability remains a key issue for seamless transfer of knowledge information and data. DL-based ontology mapping is applied in this research to provide interoperability in the VE between enterprises with different domains of expertise. In the dissolution stage, knowledge acquired in the VE lifecycle needs to be disseminated among the enterprises to enhance their competitiveness. A DL-based ontology merging approach is provided to accommodate new knowledge with existing data bases with logical consistency. Finally, the proposed methodologies are validated using the case study. The results obtained in the case study illustrate the applicability and effectiveness of proposed methodologies in each stage of the VE life cycle.
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Zerrouki, Houria. "Enterprise restructuring and its determinants : evidence from three Algerian privatised enterprises." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2494.
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Our understanding of enterprise restructuring in a transition context is predominantly drawn from the ex-communist countries of Europe. Those countries have their own cultural values, social structures, were subject to the Soviet political and economic managemet styles and had their own political and economic reasons to move to the free market system. Without doubt, these factors had influenced their enterprise restructuring and its determinants. Given this influence, our understanding of enterprise restructuring and its determinants can be considered limited especially when one takes into consideration the fact that mnay developing countries with centrally planned economic systems had moved to the free market system almost at the same time as the ex-communist countries. Very important, the restructuring behaviour of their state and privatised enterprises and the determinants of their behaviour have been neglected by researchers. This neglect was, indeed, a stimulus to carry out a research study on enterprise restructuring and its determinants in Algeria. The aim of this research study was to develop an understanding of the kind of restructuring taking place in the state enterprises slated for privatisation in Algeria and the factors that stimulated or hindered their restructuring from 1990 to 2005. Algeria is a country that combines a mixture of historical backgrounds. It has a history of more than one hundred years of French colonial rule and has a deep rooted link with the Arab and Islamic cultures. It is also a country which had followed, after gaining independence from the colonial rule in 1962, its own style of socialism where the private sector,in light manufacturing and some service industries, was tolerated and workers of the state-owned enterprise were given the power to share the decision makings with management. More significantly, Algerial was and still is a country where almost 90 percent of its foreign revenues come from hydrocarbons export. Its move to the free market in 1989 came as a result of the sharp drop in the price of oil and therefore a sharp decrease in its foreign revenues. It was a move imposed by the IMF in return for the extension of its debts repayment and the provision of fresh loans. With these socio-cultural, political and economic characteristics of Algeria, it was expected that the restructuring behaviour of the enterprises under investigation and the determinants of this behaviour would exhibit some differences from those experienced in the transition countries of Europe. The investigation was carried out on three enterprises operating in different industries: Saidal in pharmaceuticals, the SNVI in heavy vehicles and Eriad Alger in wheat processing and manufacturing. The data was collected and analysed using qualitative and quantitative research strategies. Semi-structured and unstructured interviews were used to collect data on the restructuring actions and their determinants. They were carried out with senior managers at the head offices, divisions and functional departments of the enterprises; managers at the trade union (UGTA); managers at one state-owned consultancy organisation called CNAT; managers at the ministry of industry; two visiting managers at the trade union (UGTA); and a small number of workers of the three enterprises under investigation. A survey using a self-completion questionnaire was also used to investigate the characteristics of the top management teams of the three enterprises. Primary documents such as state, private company and media reports and secondary document such as journal articles and books were also used. The findings drawn from the study reveal that Saidal was the only enterprise that restructured effectively despite the strong competition in its market. This was possible through the determination of Saidal's president general manager and his top management team to restructure and through the enterprise partnership with many multinational firms. The findings also indicate that controllable and uncontrollable factors had significant impact on the restructuring behaviour of the three enterprises. The controllable factors were the corporatisation of the state enterprise and the underdevelopment of the institutional environment. Corporatisation was an important incentive that encouraged effective restructuring but this was possible only when the enterprise was financially healthy, as was the case with Saidal. The financial autonomy of Saidal reduced the intervention of the government administration in its internal affairs. Government intervention was strong when the enterprise was perceived by the government as strategically important, as was the case with the SNVI, or when the government intended to totally privatise the enterprise, as was the case with Eriad Alger. The underdevelopment of the institutional environment, especially corruption, the shortage of technical skills and the lack of adequate market information hampered competition and slowed down effective restructuring. The uncontrollable factors were the trend in the market and the cultural values. The growing market for pharmaceuticals in Algeria was a stimulus for attracting foreign investment in Saidal which consequently encouraged effective restructuring. As for the cultural values, the family and friendship ties, the social responsibility stemming from religious belief, the regional belonging and the legacy of French colonial rule in Algeria played a significant role in the selection and recruitment of managers and workers, in slowing down the progress of shedding workers surplus and in slowing down foreign participation in privatisation. Future research on enterprise restructuring and its determinants in Algeria should be carried out on a larger sample of enterprises with different ownership using quantitative and qualitative research strategies. Research should also explore enterprise restructuring and its determinants in other developing countries which moved to the free market system and in countries which share similar cultural and social structures with Algeria. It is time for researchers to move away from exploring effective and ineffective enterprise restructuring and concentrate more on exploring how partnership with foreign firms, the shortage of technicla skills, the lack of market information and the cultural values, be it religious beliefs, customs of the legacy of colonialism, affect the restructuring behaviour of state, privatised and private enterprises and the determinants of this behaviour.
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Kandjani, Hadi Esmaeilzadeh. "Engineering Self-designing Enterprises as Complex Systems Using Enterprise Architecture Cybernetics." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367332.
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Various disciplines have contributed to Complexity Science by experiencing the problem of how to design, build and control more and more complex systems (i.e., to ‘beat the complexity barrier’) and tried to suggest some solutions. However, apart from the description of this problem, very few concrete proposals exist to solve it. The observation of this Conceptual Analytical dissertation is that while improved design methodologies, modelling languages and analysis tools can certainly lessen the designer’s problem, they only extend the complexity barrier that a designer (or group of designers) can
deal with, but they do not remove that barrier. The hypothesis of this dissertation is that perhaps the system (or system of systems) and the designer (group of designers) should not be separated and systems should design themselves, out of component systems that have the same self-designing property.
Therefore the informal research questions are:
1. Is it possible to remove this problem from the design of complex systems?
2. If yes how (or to what extent)?
Many disciplines attempted to attack the question of complexity management, and as will be seen, an interdisciplinary approach seems necessary to be able to give useful answers. Enterprise Architecture as a discipline, which evolved in the past 20 to 30 years (initially called 'enterprise integration'), has defined as its mission to bring together all that knowledge which is necessary to maintain enterprises through life (ISO 15704, 2000). Therefore, this thesis will attempt to look at the problem through the eyes of an interdisciplinary EA researcher.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Information and Communication Technology
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Pu, Cheng-Chiu. "Political democracy and public enterprise management : a study of Taiwan's state-owned enterprises /." full text via ADT, 2007. http://erl.canberra.edu.au/public/adt-AUC20081024.110804/index.html.
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Namli, Tuncay. "Security, Privacy, Identity And Patient Consent Management Across Healthcare Enterprises Inintegrated Healthcare Enterprises (ihe) Cross Enterprise Document Sharing (xds) Affinity Domain." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608463/index.pdf.
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Integrated Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) is an initiative by industry and healthcare professionals to improve knowledge sharing and interoperability between healthcare related enterprises. IHE publishes Integration Profiles on several Healthcare Fields to define how systems can use existing standards and technologies to execute a specific use case in healthcare. Cross Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS) is such a profile which defines the way of sharing Electronic Health Records (EHR) between healthcare enterprises. In this thesis, IHE Cross Enterprise User Authentication, IHE Node Authentication and Audit Trail, IHE Basic Patient Privacy Consent profiles are implemented based on the IHE XDSimplementation by National Institute of Standards, USA. Furthermore, some of the unspecified issues related with these profiles are clarified and new techniques are offered for their implementations. One of the contribution of the thesis is to use OASIS Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) to define patient consent policies and manage access control. Other technologies and standards that are used in the implementation are as followsOASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), XML Signature, Mutual Transport Layer Security (TLS), RFC 3195 Reliable Delivery for Syslog, RFC 3881 Security Audit and Access Accountability Message XML Data Definitions.
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Xiao, Jin Ming. "Performance management in foreign investment enterprises and Chinese enterprises." Thesis, University of Macau, 2001. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636673.
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Buleje, Miguel. "The Impact of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems on Small and Medium Enterprises." NSUWorks, 2014. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/108.
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are considered the price of entry in today's business environment, and the number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) retiring legacy systems in favor of ERP systems is increasing exponentially.
However, there is a lack of knowledge and awareness of ERP systems and their potential benefit and effect on performance, and overall value to SMEs. While ERP adoption costs and potential benefits are high, it is not apparent whether the end result will translate into higher productivity for SMEs.
The goal of this study is to evaluate the benefits that accrue to a firm on adoption of an ERP system. In the context of SME, a production function approach is used to assess benefits over short and long term. In addition to the production function approach, a variety of related methods such as those based on stock market valuation and Tobin's Q are examined.
Data were collected using the well-known CRSP datasets for SMEs. Analysis of data suggests that ERP implementation has no effect on firm's performance as measured by profit margins, Tobin's Q ratio and Labor productivity. In fact, ERP investments do not yield noticeable improvements on the performance measures even four years after implementation. Weaknesses in data suggest that the conclusion may be seen as tentative. The results of this research study, added value to the academic knowledge base by helping to understand the effects ERPs have on SMEs overall performance.
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Pu, Cheng-Chiu, and n/a. "POLITICAL DEMOCRACY AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF TAIWAN'S STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES." University of Canberra. Business and Government, 2007. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20081024.110804.
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This thesis is a study of why and how an authority model of managing state-owned enterprises has remained popular in Taiwan through the past two decades. The subject was chosen because it has to date, been a neglected subject in the literature on Taiwan, even though it is significant to any serious examination of Taiwan's continuing political development and the government's approach to governance. Taiwan has experienced three major milestones of political democratisation over the period, each greatly enhancing the democratic characteristics of the state and also reflecting a degree of absorption of global political and economic pressures. Taiwan's political democratisation has been widely discussed in recent years, but not much attention has been paid to the effect of the political changes on its public sector management. The discussions have simply speculated that the Taiwanese government no longer uses the authoritarian way of governing the country, in keeping with its promotion of democratic development.
However, this research clearly indicates that the change of political regime from the previous Kuomintang (KMT) to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has not meant any significant change in the way state-owned enterprises are managed. The approach of the DPP government resembles that of the KMT government in that it continues with an authoritarian way of managing state-owned enterprises, despite the party's long established commitment to a democratic way. In other words, this huge change has not meant state-owned enterprises are any better placed than they were previously in terms of having a greater degree of enterprise management autonomy.
This research also shows that Taiwanese governments, regardless of which of the two parties is in power, manipulate state-owned enterprise management using the enterprises as a major means of achieving multiple political objectives. In particular, it has become almost endemic in Taiwan's politics that the ruling party manipulates state-owned enterprise management in order to win political elections and protect its political position. In this sense, it has become evident that the democratic way of governance has still not been used within this part of the government yet.
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Ruyter, Masood. "The measurement of enterprise architecture to add value to small and medium enterprises." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2293.
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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012.South Africa has a complex financial and retail service industry with high reliance on the use of IT systems to ensure effectiveness and maintainability. Decision making and improved outcomes may be done through an IT aligned enterprise architecture (EA) strategy. EA is a capability that contributes to the support and success of an organisations' IT. Organisations are currently using EA to better align IT and the business strategy which provides a comprehensive v.ew of the IT system. Thus, EA is increasing in organisations yet the measurement and value of EA is limited to organisations and enterprise architects. The discussions of the benefits and value of EA has been discussed for several years, however there are still no consensus about how the benefits and value of EA can be measured. The lack and clear understanding of the benefits and value of EA needs to consider different aspects of IT as well as the shareholders when measuring the benefits and value of EA to an organisation.
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Dong, Jie. "Mergers and acquisitions of Chinese state owned enterprises by privately owned enterprises." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488635.
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Since the late 1980s, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have started to take place in China. In recent years, M&As have become an increasingly common strategy used not only by Chinese enterprises seeking expansion, but also by foreign finns interested in direct entry. The transaction fees have also jumped from $32.1 million in 1985 to $70 billion in 2004. However, due to the special economic environmel1t, M&As in China have been influenced by the shadow of economic planning and limited by intervention from the govemment, especially the M&As that concem with stated owned assets. This study intends to uncover the critical influences that have significant value-added impacts on M&A of privately owned enterprises in China. An integrated and holistic viewpoint that includes the most critical rational choice perspective within a multidimensional framework will be employed. Key factors in the areas of govemment, strategic fit, and organizational fit are explored and analyzed in nom1al qualitative ways, which based on two case studies as the research methodology throughout the study. The findings of this study suggest that Govemment is considered to be the important factor influencing the decision making of the enterprises and the integration management of the M&A, which is helpful for the resources reallocation and organizational compatibility. Differences in resource allocation also can be considered as the most important strategic complementarity in the pre-acquisition phase to achieve the synergy. Key factors in the integration management phase are effective integration of personnel characteristics, and culture fit. Employees' conciliation and effective leadership as personnel characteristics can be considered as the crucial factors to the successful M&A. The 'soft' and 'supportive' acculturation of culture concept, and the incentive and supervisory mechanism; and integration of the management system have also been found as the major approaches to integrate the culture. The findings in this study also indicate that unsound agency service, ambiguous attitude from the govemment, incomplete related law and regulations are still obstacles to positive M&A perfom1ance. The study findings will expand the domain of Chinese M&A studies, enlarge the domain of the rational choice perspective, establish a multidisciplinary Chinese M&A model, which help to improve Chinese industry academics' and practitioners' understanding of important M&A phenomena not only leading to significant successful upgrading of industry (transfom1 from completion of the original accumulation to mass production stage); but also providing with a meaning of demonstration and popularisation to the refom1 of the state owned enterprises.
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Lu, Yi. "Essays on multinational enterprises." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38999754.
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Sinkevičius, Justinas. "Industrial enterprises project management." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20120723_111007-41367.
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In the final master work is analysing the industrial project management, its system and practical issues. Therefore is made analysis of theoretical aspects of fundamental project management methods. Questionnaire of manufacturing sector was made. Collected data about projects and its implementation from 42 enterprises of Lithuania industrial enterprises. Analysis is made by statistical data and empirical research results to evaluate parameters and successfulness of project management in industrial enterprises. Regression relationships are defined between organizational parameters and project implementation success. According to analysis of scientific literature, statistics and results of empirical research formed an improvement model of project management system in industrial organization.Baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjama pramonės įmonių projektų vadyba, jos metodai ir praktinės problemos.Šiam tikslui atliekamas bedrosios projektų vadybos metodologijos teorinių teiginių analizė. Vykdyta gamybinio sektoriaus įmonių anketinė apklausa. Surinkti duomenys iš 42 Lietuvos pramonės įmonių apie projektus ir ju įgyvendinimą. Atlikta empirinių duomenų anlizė, kurios tikslas remiantis tyrimo ir statistiniais duomenimis įvertinti gamybos įmonių projektų parametrus bei jų įgyvendinamumą. Nustatytos regresinės priklauomybes tarp parinktų kriterijų ir projetų įgyvendinimo sėkmingumo įmonėse. Remiantis mokslinės literaturos analize, statistiniais duomenimis ir empiriniais tyrimo rezultatais suformuotas projektų vadybos sistemos tobulinimo pramonės įmonėms modelis.
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Lu, Yi, and 陸毅. "Essays on multinational enterprises." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38999754.
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Stanke, Alexis K. (Alexis Kristen) 1977. "Creating high performance enterprises." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37965.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-140).
How do enterprises successfully conceive, design, deliver, and operate large-scale, engineered systems? These large-scale projects often involve high complexity, significant technical challenges, a large number of diverse stakeholders, distributed execution, and aggressive goals. In this context, simultaneously meeting technical performance, cost, and schedule goals effectively and efficiently is a serious challenge. In fact, it is rarely accomplished. The nature of an enterprise contributes to this challenge. Enterprises are interorganizational networks with distributed leadership and stakeholders with both common and diverse interests. They are unique from traditional levels of analysis in organizational studies, and in general their behavior is not well understood. They are a prevalent form of organizing work in these large engineering projects, where one organization simply does not have the capability or willingness to take on the entire project by themselves. This work explores the factors that distinguish high performance enterprises from those that are less successful in these large-scale projects. The setting for this research is programs in the aerospace industry.
(cont.) A comparative case study method was used to study nineteen programs spanning the U.S. (mainly defense) aerospace industry in order to develop grounded theory regarding contemporary program execution strategies and distinguishing attributes. Drawing on prior research with high performance teams, several characteristics were explored and refined, eventually resulting in identification of ten best practices. The contribution of this work is codification of these best practices into a coherent framework of complementary elements relating to particular outcomes. The framework articulates three drivers of individual and systemic behaviors: a system of distributed leadership, informal and formal structures. The framework addresses the role each of these plays in enterprise performance. The synergistic combination of the elements enables enterprises to execute planned activities, leverage emergent opportunities, and deal with unforeseen circumstances. For enterprises involved in large-scale engineering projects, these capabilities are a necessity for success. In addition to an academic theory, this framework can be considered an architectural design for high performance enterprises. Putting this enterprise architecture into practice has important implications for both corporate and program management.
by Alexis Kristen Stanke.
Ph.D.
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Mühlbacher, Susanne. "Information literacy in enterprises." Boizenburg Hülsbusch, 2008. http://d-nb.info/993232485/04.
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Juell-Skielse, Gustaf. "ERP adoption in small and medium sized enterprises." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3982.
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Gabrielson, Hans M. "White goes black? : "Grey/black" enterprise practices' impact on "white" enterprises in Swedish public discourse." Thesis, Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-1455.
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van, Rijn Micha, and David Jansen. "Performance Measurements for Social Enterprises : With focus on Small and Medium sized Social Enterprises." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-26999.
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As the field of Social Enterprises has strongly grown over two decades, the importance of Social Enterprises for the society has also grown and still developing, more and more to a third economic segment between the private and public economy. Within this study we explain how “Small and Medium sized Social Enterprises” (SMSEs) can face the increasing pressure to measure and demonstrate their impact to society and their stakeholders. We especially address the limitations in skill and resource endowment, which SMSEs most commonly face. We execute this research based on a practical and outcome-oriented method and therefore apply an overall pragmatic research philosophy. The research is further designed around a narrative strategy, with an exploratory mono method cross-sectional study. For the collection of empirical data, six semi-structured interviews were conducted with (Social) Entrepreneurs and their stakeholders. This study finds a language barrier between SMSEs and their commercial stakeholders, caused by low willingness from the Social Entrepreneurs’ side to adapt to a commercial business language. The findings of this study further imply that SMSEs are capable of using surveys to measure their performance quantitatively, in terms of in- and output. More importantly, our results suggest that these measurements, completed with additional “soft” measurements to “qualified narratives”, are sufficient to prove the SMSEs’ performance to their stakeholders. Finally, this study takes up an existing contingency model and enriches it with the revealed discoveries, to a more comprehensive measurement approach for SMSEs. It thereby contributes to the field of Social Enterprises and lays valuable foundations for further research.
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Dischinger, Matthias. "Multinational Enterprises and Corporate Taxation." Diss., lmu, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-111476.
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Nash, Roger. "Student learning in mini-enterprises." Thesis, University of Bath, 1992. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.760632.
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Perren, Llewellyn James. "The development of micro-enterprises." Thesis, University of Brighton, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318730.
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This thesis examines micro-enterprises (firms with under ten employees) pursuing some degree of gradual growth. While very little research specifically targets the growth of micro-enterprises, there was a host of possible influencing factors suggested by the rather broader small business literature. Less literature was found on how the complex interaction of these factors might stimulate a firm's development. A framework was derived which suggested how the factors identified might interact with four key growth drivers, namely; management expertise for growth, owner's growth motivation, resource access and demand. The framework contributed a clear agenda for analyzing a firm's growth, while allowing the specific issues of any particular firm to be investigated within its environmental context. Sixteen case studies were investigated to allow sufficient comparison across a number of firms for some generalisations to be made with a degree of conviction, while retaining adequate quality in the detailed analysis of each firm to allow the intricate configuration of factors to be understood. Two dimensions of comparison were followed. Firstly, comparison between firms that achieved different levels of growth (no attempted growth, attempted but not achieved growth and achieved growth) and secondly comparison between different sectors (retailing, service, wholesale and manufacturing). Patterns were discovered in the interaction of these factors which allowed the original framework to be empirically authenticated and improved. The quality of the data encouraged deep consideration of the process by which factors influence the growth of the firm. The analysis suggests that for a firm to grow through the micro-enterprise phase, the combined influence of factors on all four sets of growth drivers proposed in the framework needs to be positive. The possibility of a number of different factors influencing any particular set of growth drivers suggests that no factor, however strongly motivating, will itself be essential to the growth of the firm. The framework provides a useful structure to help micro-enterprise ownermanagers and their advisors formulate growth strategies by highlighting areas which require attention. It may also afford some degree of qualitative prediction of the likelihood of a firm achieving successful growth. These results reinforce the need for researchers to accept the complexity of growth factors and not to search for simplistic solutions.
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Stephenson, Edward. "Stephenson enterprises: a business plan." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4604.
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Master of AgribusinessDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Michael W. Woolverton
A business plan serves two main functions: One is to provide a set of guidelines and expectations for running the business and the other would be to request funding from either a traditional or non-traditional lending source. Most business plans consist of the executive summary, business description, market analyses, management team, operations, and financial projections. Stephenson Enterprises is in the process of obtaining funding for a start-up business that will manufacture a biodegradable low cost substitute loose-fill packaging material. Due to the relatively high cost of this start-up, external funding is necessary. The first choice is to approach a large bank with the business plan, secondary choices if necessary would include smaller banks. The third choice would be alternative funding such as nonprofit organizations that provide start-up funding, however many of these are limited in the amount they lend. In order to garner funding for this entrepreneurship, it was decided that a business plan was needed. A business plan has two primary functions. One function is to set forth some guidelines as to how a firm is operated as well as what is projected. The second, and perhaps most often the reason a business plan is developed is to secure funding from a financial institution. Within the business plan a myriad of financial data was gathered to include: financial analysis, financial projections, cash flow, balance sheet, break-even analysis, sales proforma, income statements and sensitivity analyses. In addition to the financial data, a market analysis was conducted to provide insight into the local market. This business plan will not only provide an estimate of financials but will also serve as a guide book for operating the business.
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Härkönen, J. (Jere). "Multinational enterprises as potential acquirers." Bachelor's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201711283181.
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This literature review constructs together main features of potential acquirers on the markets. Also paper defines M&As separates them from each other also defining the existence of them through resource dependency theory, resource-based view and internalization theory. Basically big technologically oriented MNEs with M&A history are the most potential acquirers on the startup exit markets.
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Seppala-Esser, Raija. "Resource dependence of tourism enterprises." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2006. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/844396/.
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Small and medium-sized tourism enterprises (SME) constitute the great majority of tourism businesses. They are a fundamental component of the tourism product, they affect the image of destinations, and they also act as brokers between tourists and local societies. Scarcity of resources has been identified as one of the features typical of SMEs. National Tourism Organisations (NTO) usually carry the responsibility for marketing countries as tourism destinations and often also have development functions. Although the public sector budgets of NTOs are declining, they may maintain the level of tourism investment by having good cooperation with the private sector. This research was an attempt to explore interorganisational relations between tourism SMEs and NTOs. These relations were surveyed by identifying exchange of resources between organisations. More specifically, the focus of this research was on resource dependence which results from the exchange of resources between SMEs and NTOs. Cooperation was suggested to reduce the resource dependence and, therefore, its influence was also explored. In order to measure the level of resource dependence a survey was carried out in Finland of tourism SMEs using a postal and online instrument. This presented the dependence-defining factors. The level of dependence of the Finnish SMEs on the Finnish Tourist Board, the national tourism organisation of Finland, was reported to be at a moderate level, thereby suggesting that the SMEs retain substantial resource autonomy. Differences in the level of resource dependence were established between different types of enterprises. Size of enterprises, number of their foreign guests, their marketing activities, and their cooperation with others affected the level of resource dependence. The SMEs were most dependent on such FTB resources as destination marketing and marketing knowledge. A factor analysis revealed two factors underlying the resource dependence of SMEs on NTOs. They were named "International activity" and "Information service".
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Протченко, В. С. "Business planning of industrial enterprises." Thesis, Чернігів, 2020. http://ir.stu.cn.ua/123456789/20041.
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Протченко, В. С. Business planning of industrial enterprises=Інструментарій бізнес-планування діяльності підприємства : дипломна робота : 073 Менеджмент / В. С. Протченко ; керівник роботи Дука А. П. ; Національний університет «Чернігівська політехніка», кафедра публічного управління та менеджменту організацій. – Чернігів, 2020. – 69 с.
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Ramskyy, A., and М. A. Kravchenko. "Investment industrial enterprises in Ukraine." Thesis, КНУТД, 2016. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/4904.
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Perelot, T. "Ways of mining enterprises ecologization." Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2010. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/13127.
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Zabora, Katerina, and Olga Serdyk. "Environmental motivation of agricultural enterprises." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10348.
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Socio-ecological motivation of agricultural activity – is the process of activation of motives, aimed at considering possible influence on environmental consequences of the social functions of entrepreneurs, examination strategic issues in the period of economy transformation, getting a profit in aspect of achievement tactical purpose.
To move to the production of environmentally friendly products should be involved economic incentives to farmers, the operation which will ensure the interaction of economic tools and incentives, economic sanctions, organizational and legal support. This mechanism should ensure the priority of consumer interests over economic interests of producers.
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Matveyeva, O. "Recycling process in Ukrainian enterprises." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31661.
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Today there is a big problem with pollution of atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. So it is important to find a way in which it is able to minimize the scale of this problem. There are many ways to decide them such as use less energy and product, use resources more efficiently and recycle the waste.
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Таранюк, Леонід Миколайович, Леонид Николаевич Таранюк, Leonid Mykolaiovych Taraniuk, V. Y. Shimko, and T. Marchenko. "Benchmarking Innovative Products of Enterprises." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/50471.
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Benchmarking as the direction of the modern economy is a fusion of methods
and technologies of management and marketing, and is one of the fundamental
business processes of modern companies, allowing a systemic approach to identify
key targets for its development and enhance the effectiveness of the corporate
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Петровська, Світлана Володимирівна, М. О. Березюк, Svitlana Volodymyrivna Petrovska, and M. O. Bereziuk. "MARKETING ACTIVITIES OF AVIATION ENTERPRISES." Thesis, Національний авіаційний університет, 2017. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/30931.
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Jug, Ales. "Social Enterprises in Supply Chains." Digital WPI, 2019. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/574.
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Fire prevention is a critical component in achieving social welfare and prosperity. The lack of worldwide fire prevention leads to an increasing number of fires, as well as to a greater number of fire-related deaths, injuries, and fire-related property damage. Traditionally, fire prevention has been the responsibility of individual governments, while fire prevention duties are usually carried out by local fire departments. Such an approach is very common and is observed globally. Until now, the above response has been successful. For example, due to fire prevention measures applied in the 1990s, the number of fires caused by open flames (such as candles) was significantly reduced. Since 2014, the number of fires in some Western countries (e.g., the US and the UK) shows an increasing trend. In March 2019,11, people have died in fires across Connecticut (O’Neill 2019). From 2017 to 2018, the number of people who died in fires in Mississippi grew by more than 40 percent (Moore 2019). Among the main reasons for this growth are new combustible materials, reduced fire prevention funds, and more dynamic lifestyles. Lack of fire prevention consequently increases fire risks, and, as a result, health inequalities. According to Whitehead and Dahlgren (2007), health inequalities are health differences that are avoidable, unjust, unfair, and unacceptable. The question arises: do current fire prevention services allow sufficient support for people to be safe from fire, specifically in domestic environments? Can social enterprises play a role and how do they fit into the fire prevention supply chain. The purpose of this research is to gain an understanding of social enterprises and their influence on supply chains, in general, and specifically for fire prevention supply chains. This phenomenon is evaluated through the lenses of social capital theory and institutional theory. Research (Rothstein and Stolle 2008) has shown the effects that social capital has on institutions, or simply how can it be used as a strategic resource (Gulati and Gargiulo 1999). Institutional and Social Capital Theories set the foundation of how social enterprises transform and contribute to sustainable supply chains, plus how they solve social problems, specifically fire safety (Patuelli and Savioli 2016). According to Wallace and Wallace (1997), social capital provides a collective resource that can be mobilized by individuals to enable communities to develop resilience against severe threats to public health, such as social exclusion or even unemployment. By identifying three dimensions of sustainable development: techno-economic, ecological and social (Clift 2003; Hutchins and Sutherland 2008; Yakovleva and Sarkis 2010), there are various social capital diffusion mechanisms for building sustainability within supply chains through social enterprise involvement. Transforming supply chains by building social legitimacy and by altering institutional norms, are examples of providing competitive advantages to supply chains and supply chain partners of social enterprises. This research seeks to understand social enterprises and entrepreneurship capabilities transform institutions to strengthen supply chain sustainability. Ideally, these institutions should provide solutions to the problem of decreased awareness of sustainable fire prevention, as well as available resources for fire prevention. This research focus is primarily on social sustainability and safety through fire prevention. The importance of this study lies in our contributions to help diffuse socially sustainable solutions and practices across supply chains. In this case, similar to other social concerns, the problem of fire prevention is a critical one within supply chains and society. Understanding the role of social enterprise to help diffuse these norms and practices help to understand general supply chain sustainability concerns for competitive and social reasons. Methodologically, a qualitative, exploratory method was applied. To analyze the data collected for this research, we used a Thematic Analysis. Three supply chains with social enterprises as a focal firm were investigated. This research contributes by furthering the theory of sustainable supply chains with the involvement of social enterprise; or hybrid organizations - that have both a social and a strategic financial outlook. The research involves the utilization of Thematic Analysis, and semi-structured interviews of three fire prevention-focused supply chains. This study is the first that investigates fire prevention from the perspective of supply chains and social enterprises. The results will inform other types of sustainability and social enterprises, which include humanitarian, environmental, educational, and poverty-based foci.
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Nagyová, Barbora. "Data integration in large enterprises." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-203918.
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Data Integration is currently an important and complex topic for many companies, because having a good and working Data Integration solution can bring multiple advantages over competitors. Data Integration is usually being executed in a form of a project, which might easily turn into failure. In order to decrease risks and negative impact of a failed Data Integration project, there needs to be good project management, Data Integration knowledge and the right technology in place. This thesis provides a framework for setting up a good Data Integration solution. The framework is developed based on the current theory, currently available Data Integration tools and opinions provided by experts working in the field for a minimum of 7+ years and have proven their skills with a successful Data Integration project. This thesis does not guarantee the development of the right Data Integration solution, but it does provide guidance how to deal with a Data Integration project in a large enterprise. This thesis is structured into seven chapters. The first chapter brings an overview about this thesis such as scope, goals, assumptions and expected value. The second chapter describes Data Management and basic Data Integration theory in order to distinguish these two topics and to explain the relationship between them. The third chapter is focused purely on Data Integration theory which should be known by everyone who participates in a Data Integration project. The fourth chapter analyses features of the current Data Integration solutions available on the market and provides an overview of the most common and necessary functionalities. Chapter five focuses on the practical part of this thesis, where the Data Integration framework is designed based on findings from previous chapters and interviews with experts in this field. Chapter six then applies the framework to a real working (anonymized) Data Integration solution, highlights the gap between the framework and the solution and provides guidance how to deal with the gaps. Chapter seven provides a resume, personal opinion and outlook.
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Massun, Monika. "Collaborative information management in enterprises /." Boizenburg : Hülsbusch, 2009. http://d-nb.info/993960340/04.
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Wardle, Cassandra J. "Conservation Contributions of Ecotourism Enterprises." Thesis, Griffith University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/389697.
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Context: Non-traditional means of environmental protection are being used with increasing frequency to address the global conservation crisis and make up the shortfall in government conservation spending. Ecotourism is one such mechanism that has been adopted widely for community development and conservation purposes in both practice and policy, particularly in developing nations due to the potential to combine social and commercial benefits with conservation goals. However, evaluations of how ecotourism enterprises fit into the ecotourism-conservation relationship are a relatively recent trend. Findings from the literature review of this thesis reveal that our current understanding of this relationship is limited to (1) hand-picked sites located primarily in developing nations; (2) a narrow group of predominantly visitor and community focused conservation activities; and (3) inconsistent evaluation approaches that often lack repeatability and transferability. As such, the evidence base for this relationship is currently insufficient.
Aim: This thesis addressed this gap through a multidisciplinary mixed methods approach to identify and explore the conservation practices of ecotourism enterprises at both a broad global scale and a detailed national scale within Australia.
Approach: An evaluation framework incorporating a matrix of 27 feasible actions and 26 potential conservation outcomes was constructed through data mining, qualitative content analysis and iterative inductive coding of sources from a range of disciplines and sectors.
This framework was used to guide an assessment of the conservation activities of 86 fixed-site eco-certified enterprises in Australia and evaluate their contributions to national conservation priorities. Certification by the national industry association, Ecotourism Australia, is pervasive in Australia, so these 86 sites are likely to represent the highest performing enterprises and their aggregate achievements provide a good approximation to continental scale contributions.
Finally, the conservation practices of these 86 sites and the content of the national certification program were compared with the national conservation policy landscape to identify key overlaps and gaps for progressing the ecotourism-conservation relationship in Australia.
Findings: Findings demonstrate that this group of Australian ecotourism enterprises generate a myriad of conservation gains through social and ecological actions. However, the significance of the conservation practices of these sites varied greatly, with some sites making important contributions to threatened species or ecosystems, and others simply listing actions with little focus on their extent or outcomes.
All sites took some action to revegetate cleared land and remove non-native flora, and 75% of sites targeted non-native fauna. However, only 54% of sites reported improved habitat; only 7% successfully eradicated at least one weed species; and just 6% eradicated at least one introduced fauna species (including feral cats, foxes and rabbits). Legally binding conservation agreements were established by 63% of sites covering 2,400km2 in total; however, these are in-perpetuity agreements for just 25 sites covering 1,550km2. Nevertheless, 41% of sites share a border with a public protected area, effectively extending the public protected area network by an additional 650km2.
Specific conservation actions such as threat management and nest provision were reported for 61 threatened plant and animal species. These include 27 bird species, 15 mammals, 8 plants, 4 reptiles, 2 rays, and a single monotreme, amphibian, crustacean, freshwater fish, and insect. Fifteen of these species are covered by National Recovery Plans or Priority Plans including 4 mammals: the woylie bettong, 2 species of quoll, and 1 subspecies of bandicoot. How many individuals of each of these species occur on each of these ecotourism sites, however, is generally not specified, so these contributions cannot currently be quantified.
Conclusions: Many of these certified ecotourism enterprises claim a range of contributions to conservation. The emphasis in the reporting practices of enterprises, however, is on: actions taken rather than ecologically quantified outcomes; achievements reported qualitatively rather than quantitatively; and unspecified contributions to larger-scale efforts, such as National Recovery Plans for threatened species. One reason for this is that the eco-certification program relies only on a tick-box list of actions rather than a set of quantified, monitored, and ecologically significant conservation outcomes. It appears that some of these ecotourism enterprises do indeed make ecologically significant contributions, commensurate with their relatively small scale; but in its current form, the certification program neither encourages nor rewards these. For this program to progress beyond “a commitment to nature conservation” and contribute meaningfully to conservation goals, it will need substantial reworking.
Additionally, findings demonstrate several areas where the conservation activities of ecotourism sites overlap with national conservation priorities, highlighting the collaboration potential between these sectors. However, this study also reveals that tourism is predominantly acknowledged by national conservation policy in Australia as a driver for environmental protection as well as an impact that must be managed, and is not yet widely acknowledged as an industry that can contribute to conservation goals.
By (1) developing a framework for systematically evaluating the conservation impacts of ecotourism enterprises; (2) providing a contribution to the evidence base necessary for the substantiated use of ecotourism as a conservation mechanism; (3) identifying key opportunities for conservation-ecotourism collaborations and strategic investments; and (4) highlighting priority improvement areas for ecotourism sites and Ecotourism Australia to increase their eligibility and attractiveness as investment options for government grants and programs, this thesis has important implications for operators, researchers, policymakers, and eco-certification bodies.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
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Mykityshyn, Mark. "Assessing the maturity of information architectures for complex dynamic enterprise systems." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26686.
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Thesis (Ph.D)--Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.Committee Chair: Dr. William B. Rouse; Committee Member: Dr. Amy Pritchett; Committee Member: Dr. Leon McGinnis; Committee Member: Dr. Mike Cummins; Committee Member: Dr. Steve Cross. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Kunadt, Falk. "How enterprises manage strategic stability and change: A qualitative comparative analysis of different enterprise performance groups." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-194052.
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In today’s globalized business world enterprises face increasing competition and accompanying internal and external threats that challenge their enterprise strategies. Multiple examples of enterprises show that long-lasting strategies need to be progressively overworked in order to secure competitiveness. One key for long-term competitiveness seems to lie in the ability to find a reasonable ratio of strategic stability and change. Neglecting the tension of strategic stability and change can have fatal consequences.
Strategic management research increasingly focuses on this challenge. Lately research on ambidexterity and dynamic capability attempts to explain the underlying issues of proactively balancing strategic tensions in dynamic markets. Yet, there remain a couple of questions that – unanswered – limit the explanatory power of recent research models. Because of conceptual ambiguities around the concepts of ambidexterity and dynamic capabilities, until now it remains unclear how a balance between strategic stability and change is reached and managed, and how the underlying strategic decision and strategic management processes at the organizational level look like.
To address these open issues, this work develops an alternative framework of strategic ambidexterity. It is defined as a deliberate mechanism to detect, monitor, steer, coordinate and balance stability and change of the enterprise strategy. It argues that enterprises do not deal with strategic stability and change accidently. Quite on the contrary, the enterprises’ key actors are aware of this challenge and have a mechanism in place that allows them to deliberately and continuously employ the right ratio of strategic stability and change. This deliberate mechanism is assumed to create performance differences. High-performing enterprises have a particular setting of the mechanism that distinguishes them from low-performing peers and that secures their long-term competitiveness.
In order to empirically test the mechanism a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) using a sample of 74 mechanical engineering enterprises is performed. As will be shown there are in fact differences between high and low-performing enterprises. The strategic behavior of high-performing enterprises can be classified as Guided Long-Term Inclusive Planning (GLTIP). This work adds new knowledge to the research on ambidexterity and dynamic capabilities and also contributes to the methodological discussion on the analysis of sustainable competitive advantage in today’s globalized and dynamic markets.
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Granados, Ortiz Maria Luisa. "Knowledge management capabilities in social enterprises." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2014. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/8yqqx/knowledge-management-capabilities-in-social-enterprises.
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Many studies have researched how organisations can benefit from Knowledge Management (KM). Critical factors, models and frameworks for successful implementations of KM have informed practitioners in different industries and countries. However, there is still a need for exploring other dimensions of KM as well as its application in different contexts. Further empirical evidence and operationalisation, which assure successful implementations, is also needed to improve not only companies but also society in general. Building on that observation, this study presents conceptual and empirical evidence to support the view that KM, understood as an organisational capability, improves organisational performance of the under-researched and increasingly important Social Enterprises (SEs). These, normally micro and small organisations, are gaining worldwide attention and importance as they address, following business principles, crucial social and environmental problems and provide more sustainable solutions. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of empirical evidence of how these organisations operate, perform and scale up. The study supports this view by developing and empirically testing a model named Knowledge Management Capabilities in Social Enterprises (KMC-SE), which is the main contribution to knowledge of this study. The model describes the organisational pre-conditions and the knowledge activities that can develop Knowledge Management Capabilities (KMCs), which then have an impact on SEs’ performance. A sequential, explanatory, mixed methods’ research design was followed to test the model with empirical evidence from 432 SEs in the UK. The evidence suggests that current KMCs account for up to 20% of overall improvements in SEs’ performance, based on a year-to-year comparison. Moreover, the KMC-SE Model proposes new insights in the traditional way of approaching KM and KMC development, highlighting (a) the important role of human and cultural factors, giving less emphasis to extrinsic motivations and technology, (b) the importance of studying informal KM practices, and (c) the essential inclusion of external dimensions into the equation. Because of the limited research in organisational characteristics of SEs, and more specifically, their KM practices, the KMC-SE Model may have omitted other important elements that were particular to these organisations in their development of KMCs, as well as their performance measures. Therefore, the obtained KMC-SE Model needs to be considered as only a starting point in the study of KM in SEs.
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Millner, Reinhard. "Social Enterprises und Social Entrepreneurship. Konzepte und Begrifflichkeiten." Beirat für gesellschafts-, wirtschafts- und umweltpolitische Alternativen (BEIGEWUM), 2013. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5258/1/Social%2DEnterprises%2Dand%2DSocial%2DEntrepreneur.pdf.
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Mwaniki, Joy Muthanje. "The impact of social enterprise on labor market structure: A case study of social enterprises in Nairobi." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6596.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)Social entrepreneurship has spread worldwide, as social entrepreneurs seek the solutions to developmental challenges. This is especially true in Nairobi, Kenya, as social entrepreneurship has established itself in the labor market. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the impact of social enterprises in African countries, especially with regards to the labor market. It is for this reason that this study aims at highlighting the impact of social enterprises on the labor market in Nairobi, Kenya. It also provides an outline of the labor market structure in Nairobi. The study employed a mixed methods approach, using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, collected concurrently as part of a concurrent triangulation design. Five social enterprises located in Nairobi were involved in the study, and were chosen through snowball sampling. These social enterprises offered direct employment, training programmes or support for beneficiaries to start their own businesses. The research instruments used in this study were as follows; 10 interviews (5 interviews with beneficiaries and 5 with social entrepreneurs), 50 questionnaires distributed to beneficiaries through random sampling, field work observations and a literature review. The results of this study were that social enterprises in Nairobi have a significant impact on the livelihoods of beneficiaries by directly employing them, providing necessary skills for later employment or supporting them to start their own businesses. However, these increases in income are often either inadequate or inconsistent as most beneficiaries are forced to diversify their livelihoods. Social enterprises also fail to reduce the gender wage gap among their beneficiaries. Social enterprises also increase market access among their beneficiaries by providing them with advice and training, as well as, direct access to customers. In the same vein, they increase the level of training of beneficiaries. This helps beneficiaries improve their relations with customers, produce high quality goods, hone their skills, gain employment, gain experience, build a repertoire, earn profits and start businesses. The subject of training also affects the income levels of beneficiaries, as many of those who study entrepreneurship, quality training and customer service earn above minimum wage. Additionally, social enterprises impact formalization among their beneficiaries. However, once beneficiaries leave, they often return to the informal sector. Therefore, the impact on formalization is only significant while beneficiaries are participating in the social enterprise. Social enterprises also influence the attitudes of beneficiaries, creating a more positive outlook on their contribution to the labor market. Likewise, social enterprises shift perceptions about formal qualifications as beneficiaries feel that they can still secure employment by showing their level of experience or body of work. Lastly, social enterprises have limited impact on fair trade ideals as majority of the social enterprises in Nairobi are not knowledgeable about fair trade, and therefore do not aim towards it. For those that do adopt the fair trade model, it is unclear if they have influenced their beneficiaries to actually believe in these ideals or just simply require them to comply with fair trade regulations. In conclusion, the study determined that social enterprises do have significant impact in the labor market structure, increasing livelihoods, improving educational qualifications, and influencing formalization and attitudinal structures in Nairobi. However, social enterprises must also focus on improving their impact with regards to strengthening livelihoods, especially among their female beneficiaries and creating permanent change in formalization among their beneficiaries even after they leave the enterprise. Likewise, social enterprises should consider the importance of fair trade ideals in their daily practice, and the value of imparting these to their beneficiaries.
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Shin, Joonho. "Micro Multinational Enterprises and the Internationalization of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Contextual and Organizational Factors." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461712.
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Les principals teories de negocis internacionals afirmen que hi ha una relació positiva entre el grau d'internacionalització d'una empresa i el seu acompliment, atès que la internacionalització ofereix a les empreses l'oportunitat de créixer i millorar la seva competitivitat. Tot i les limitacions de recursos per expandir-se geogràficament, les PIMES han mostrat una alta i creixent propensió a internacionalitzar-se, demostrant que les empreses no han de ser grans per tenir èxit en els mercats estrangers.
La pregunta general de recerca que aquesta tesi pretén respondre és: ¿quins factors contextuals i organitzacionals permeten a les PIMES internacionalitzar-se, superant les limitacions degudes a la seva reduïda grandària, adoptar modalitats d'entrada que requereixen un alt compromís de recursos, i maximitzar el rendiment?
La tesi examina diferents factors contextuals i organitzacionals que incideixen en la relació entre el grau d'internacionalització i l'acompliment en el context específic de les PIMES i d'un subgrup de PIMES particularment interessant, les micro-multinacionals. Els estudis previs sobre la relació internacionalització-rendiment (I-R) s'han centrat en les grans empreses multinacionals, mentre que la internacionalització de les pimes que utilitzen modes d'entrada de major compromís ha rebut molt escassa atenció. La tesi proporciona una explicació teòrica i empírica de l'efecte moderador de diversos factors contextuals i organitzacionals en la relació I-R en diferents nivells d'internacionalització. Per a això, s'integren en el marc teòric de la tesi la literatura sobre la relació I-R amb les literatures relacionades amb les variables moderadores de tipus contextual (sector d’activitat) i organitzacionals (tipus de propietat, estratègies de diversificació geogràfica). Els resultats obtinguts confirmen que la relació I-R és específica al context i contingent en relació amb les característiques organitzatives i contextuals estudiades.Las principales teorías de negocios internacionales afirman que existe una relación positiva entre el grado de internacionalización de una empresa y su desempeño, dado que la internacionalización ofrece a las empresas la oportunidad de crecer y mejorar su competitividad. A pesar de las limitaciones de recursos para expandirse geográficamente, las PYMES han mostrado una alta y creciente propensión a internacionalizarse, demostrando que las empresas no tienen que ser grandes para tener éxito en los mercados extranjeros. La pregunta general de investigación que esta tesis pretende responder es: ¿qué factores contextuales y organizacionales permiten a las PYMES internacionalizarse, superando sus limitaciones de tamaño, adoptar modos de entrada que requieren un alto compromiso de recursos, y maximizar el rendimiento? La tesis examina diferentes factores contextuales y organizacionales que inciden en la relación entre el grado de internacionalización y el desempeño en el contexto específico de las PYMES y de un subgrupo de PYMES particularmente interesante, las micro-multinacionales. Los estudios previos sobre la relación internacionalización-desempeño (I-P) se han centrado en las grandes empresas multinacionales, mientras que la internacionalización de las pymes que utilizan modos de entrada de mayor compromiso ha recibido muy escasa atención. La tesis proporciona una explicación teórica y empírica del efecto moderador de varios factores contextuales y organizacionales en la relación I-P en diferentes niveles de internacionalización. Para ello, se integran en el marco teórico de la tesis la literatura sobre la relación I-P con las literaturas relacionadas con las variables moderadoras de tipo contextual (sector de actividad) y organizacionales (tipos de propiedad, estrategias de diversificación geográfica). Nuestros hallazgos confirman que la relación I-P es específica al contexto y contingente en relación con las características organizativas y contextuales estudiadas.
Core international business theory asserts that there is a positive relationship between a firm’s degree of internationalization and its performance, given that internationalization offers firms the opportunity to grow and enhance their competitiveness, Despite resource constraints to expand geographically, SMEs have shown a high and growing propensity to internationalize, demonstrating that firms do not have to be large to be successful in foreign markets. The overarching research question this thesis aims to respond is: what contextual and organizational factors allow internationalizing SMEs overcome their size constraints, adopt higher commitment entry modes, and maximize performance? The thesis examines different contextual and organizational factors that influence the relationship between the degree of internationalization and performance in the specific context of SMEs and a particularly interesting subgroup among them, micro multinationals. Previous studies on the internationalization-performance (I-P) relationship have focused on large MNEs while very little attention has been paid to internationalizing SMEs using higher commitment entry modes. The thesis provides a theoretical and empirical explanation of the moderating effect of several contextual and organizational factors on the I-P relationship at different levels of internationalization. To do so, the theoretical framework of the thesis integrates the literature on internationalization/ multinationality research with the corresponding literatures related to the contextual (industry) and organizational (ownership types, geographical diversification strategies). Our findings confirm that the I-P relationship is context-specific and it is contingent on the studied organizational and industry characteristics.
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Cunliffe, Harold. "Relationships between action learning and small and medium enterprises (SMEs): development a broker role to help enterprise." Thesis, University of Salford, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491042.
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This thesis accepts the argument that small to medium sized enterprises are a major force in the present UK economy, along with the forecasting that claims future UK growth in numbers from 3.7 million 1 (existing) to 4.5 million in the next ten years. This thesis argues that the action 1 learning process yields a "trinity of benefits" including hard and soft benefits together with emotional intelligence, which assist small and medium sized organisations to be more competitive and overcome the barriers faced in a changing economy. The thesis also argues that on another level action learning can help the Government to bridge the SME Gap of Engagement in UK Enterprise Policy, because the process offers a top down bottom up approach to engagement through collaboration, provided the traditional role of the set adviser is radically revised.
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Sedehi, Arya. "Evaluating the impacts of enterprise resource planning on organizational performance for small to medium enterprises in manufacturing." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53563.
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Today’s fast-paced global economy has intensified the demand for manufacturing companies to make their products more quickly and with higher quality to meet heightened consumer expectations while reducing costs. This competitive environment requires small to medium enterprise’s (SMEs) to implement well-designed business processes and leverage information technology (IT), such as an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, within their facilities to become more agile, flexible, and integrated to meet changing market demands. Issues emerge when facility managers lack reliable data on performance and costs, which subsequently impairs even basic decisions for resource allocation or process improvement. Although the benefits of a successful ERP implementation in large firms are recognized, there is a general lack of empirical IT productivity literature focusing on SMEs.
This research is expected to contribute to a framework for performance measurement, providing facility decision-makers with important metrics for analyzing their firm’s ability to improve upon competitive priorities. Employing the Delphi process, key performance indicators (KPIs) including time, speed, quality, and cost, and corresponding performance measurement metrics, investigations are conducted between traditional manufacturing processes in SMEs and processes enhanced through ERP adoption. In this longitudinal case study, significant improvements are observed in production operations relative to time following ERP implementation including a reduction in the defect rate, total manufacturing cost, and scrap rate along with increases in on-time delivery and flexibility.
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Chen, Hsueh-Sheng, and 陳學聖. "On Enterprise Application Integration Framework for Conglomerate Enterprises." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7vca95.
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碩士國立成功大學
工學院工程管理專班
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B2B eBusiness model is viewed as one of the most promising business strategies in 21st century. The essence of B2B eBusiness is enterprise integration which is in turn dependent on the integration of business processes, application systems and information among enterprises. The development of a flexible and dynamic framework for enterprise application integration to enhance enterprise integration has therefore become one of the most important tasks in industry. Due to the complicated relationships and heavy interactions with partners, the B2B eBusiness model will bring conglomerate enterprises opportunities as well as challenges in developing an enterprise application integration framework. The objective of this research is to design an enterprise application integration framework to facilitate the integration of a conglomerate enterprise and thus realize its B2B eBusiness operations. To achieve the objective, the focus of this research is three-fold: 1) design of a B2B business model for conglomerate enterprises through analyzing its organizational structure and inter and intra-enterprise interactions, 2) design of a functional framework for enterprise application integration based on the proposed B2B business model, and 3) design of an architecture of a service-based enterprise integration platform based on the proposed framework using web-service technology. This research provides the blueprint of conglomerate enterprises’ information integration architecture that can help achieve the dynamic enterprise alliance and obtain closer enterprise partnership so as to promote business effectiveness of conglomerate enterprise and its entire supply chain.
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Tang, Hui-Chiu, and 唐惠秋. "Factorial analysis of Japanese enterprises’ strategic management in China:Focus on the enterprise alliance with Taiwanese enterprises." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/t3c376.
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碩士淡江大學
日本研究所碩士班
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Today, China has already passed the position of the world’s factory and gradually became the market of the world. It is getting more and more important for Japanese enterprises to expand their business in China. However, China, the market of the world, the global competition is getting fiercer and fiercer in this environment. Therefore, to raise the competitive advantage for those Japanese enterprises that try to expand their business in China, choose to form the strategic alliance with Taiwanese enterprises will be the best choice for Japanese enterprises. The reason is that Japanese enterprises can use the management resource from Taiwanese enterprises to offset their weakness. The so-called strategic alliance means cooperative enterprises would form an alliance with each other to strengthen their competitiveness and make the best combine usage of their management resource. In result, they could hopefully multiply their performance. As to Japanese enterprises, they can strengthen their abilities in many aspects by allying with Taiwanese enterprises such as marketing, personnel management, and negotiate with local administrative in China. On the other hand, Taiwanese enterprises can improve their abilities of product development and quality control because of this strategic alliance with Japanese enterprises. The prerequisite of this thesis is the benefits from allied between Japanese and Taiwanese enterprises to reach win-win situation. This research is mainly focus on the survey of the Japanese manufacturing companies’ headquarter which have strategic alliance with Taiwanese enterprises at the present time. In addition, this research also analyzed the very successful food industry companies which also have the strategic alliance between Taiwanese and Japanese enterprises in China. The analyzed results are as follows. Through the strategic alliance with Taiwanese enterprises, Japanese enterprises can have great outcomes on distribution, personnel management, and local administrative negotiation abilities in China. However, one cannot have excessive expectation on the marketing ability of Taiwanese enterprises. Japanese enterprises should put extra effort on the marketing in China by itself. From now on, in expanding the Chinese market, the key point is how both Japanese and Taiwanese enterprises to construct a win-win situation.
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Chang, Hsun-Chieh, and 張勛杰. "The Re-exploring of Modern enterprise laws – focus on atypical enterprises." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24812512659211652973.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
法律學研究所
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Since the 1980s, there have been many atypical business organizations different from typical enterprises, such as partnerships or corporations, blooming one after another in the United States. The similar trend has also occurred in the Asia region since 2000. For example, Japan constituted an atypical organizational law in 2005, and Mainland China also amended its Partnership Law to participate in this legal reform in the following year. Surely, Taiwan can not keep itself out of this, so in 2007 the Executive Yuan has also proposed a draft law of the limited partnership. Since then, the atypical enterprise has been formally brought up in Taiwan''s organizational laws. Faced with this trend, this article wants to find out a consistent rule to confront those diverse and complicated enterprises. Therefore, on the essence of the enterprise, we adopt a viewpoint of considering the enterprise as a “nexus of contracts” ; hence, it may be derived from this perspective that the organizational law is a standard-form contract. The function that the organizational law serves is to avoid repeating the negotiation procedures and to fill up the loophole in the contract clauses and thereby reduce transaction costs. However, we argue that the function that the organizational law serves is not merely used to reduce transaction costs. Moreover, there should be a core function. In the third chapter, starting from the typical enterprises, the core principle called “Assets Partitioning” “Entity Shielding” is extracted from those organizations. And then in the fourth & fifth chapters, we examine whether this core principle generally exists in all kinds of enterprises through the analysis of atypical enterprises. After verifying this, we look back on the mainstream in the design of the current organizational law and discuss what other systems (or contract clauses) attract enterprises at present, besides this core principle. And there will be a detailed discussion about these issues in the Sixth Chapter.
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Chang, Shih-Hsuan, and 張士軒. "Enterprises' Internationalization Strategies：A Case Study of Taiwanese Enterprise in Southeast Asia." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84675665956973934728.
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碩士國立暨南國際大學
東南亞研究所
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As era and environment changing, making enterprises competing more violently, and facing more challenges. So, they must seek to find the ways to improve their abilities and increase their competitive advantage, in order to face the era of globalization. Especially, when the resources on Taiwan are lacking more, and labor costs on Taiwan are also higer, making Taiwanese enterprises seeking for new investment targets-in other words, to internationalize in Southeast Asia. Basing on the theory of internationalization, and using Taiwanese enterprises internationalizing in Southeast Asia as research objects, this study wish to induct and explore the related experiences of internationalization and strategy. In order to examine the differences between theory and practice, I choose the preceding 1,000 large manufacturing companies as research targets in this study. Then, I use proportionate stratified sampling, and the rate of sampling is 50%, so I mail 474 copies of questionnaires, 271 effective copies are retrieved, and the effective rate of retrieve is 57.17%. At last, I use SPSS12.0 as an analysis tool. Finally, the research findings are included: (1) The influences of internationalization motivation on entry decision are active and significant, (2) The influences of entry decision on performance are active and significant, (3) The influences of internationalization motivation on performance are active and significant, (4) The influences of enterprises’s characteristics on internationalization motivation are active and significant, (5) The influences of enterprises’s characteristics on entry decision are active and significant, (6) The influences of enterprises’s characteristics on performance are active and significant.
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Hanekom, Tobias Petrus. "'n Bedrywigheidsgebaseerde kosteberekeningmodel vir 'n chemiese bedryf." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9384.
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Adam, Rubina. "Exploring the acceptance of enterprise resource planning systems by small manufacturing enterprises." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4803.
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The use of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems by small enterprises is proliferating. Traditionally used by large enterprises, ERP systems are now considered important enterprise management aids, which may contribute to the sustainability and growth of small enterprises. Although varying acceptance factors may impact on the acceptance of ERP systems, there is no consolidated list of ERP system acceptance factors specific to small enterprises. In this study, the strategic, business, technical and human factors that influence the acceptance of ERP systems in small manufacturing enterprises in South Africa is presented. These influencing factors may guide future initiatives aiming to ensure the acceptance of ERP systems by small manufacturing enterprise. A combined quantitative and qualitative data analysis approach was used as an analytical lens to interpret responses gathered from small manufacturing enterprises. Recommendations are made for future research on ERP system acceptance and adoption within the broader spectrum of small enterprises.Information Systems
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