Inventi Impact - SMEs
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Journal Scope:
Quarterly published in print and online ‘Inventi Rapid/Impact: SMEs’ publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published research and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals. The journal focuses all the areas of Small and Medium Enterprises with special emphasis on research in SMEs, entrepreneurship and family-run businesses; case studies on real-life small business experiences; small business growth and successful enterprises; recruitment, training and development for SMEs; performance measurement and business improvement; government initiatives and enterprise policy; SMEs financing and venture capital.
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CUSTOMER RANKING MODEL FOR PROJECT BUSINESSES: A CASE STUDY FROM THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
For technology-orientated enterprises that operate project-based businesses, the goal-oriented allocation of scarce marketing resources has great potential to help consolidate their competitive position. An important precondition for goal-oriented management is the identification of the most valuable customers. This enables technology-orientated enterprises to segment markets in order to ma...
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HOW TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT MATURITY MODEL AS A BUSINESS-ORIENTED FRAMEWORK
An organization’s effectiveness partly depends on the success of its projects. With this in mind, many efforts have been spent in recent decades to enhance the project management culture, but results are still highly unsatisfactory. Project Management Maturity Models (PMMMs) are seen by both the academic and the industrial communities as a solid instrument to achieve this goal. The point at...
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THE INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES OF RURAL SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
This article describes management of rural social infrastructure (hereinafter referred to as the RSI), provides the analysis of RSI management processes and determination of main principles required in order to achieve efficient management of rural areas and sustained development of the region. The main research objective, namely, creation of a modern rural social infrastructure management approac...
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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRIES TO LIVELIHOOD OF WOMEN IN THE SHEA BUTTER INDUSTRY IN THE WA MUNICIPALITY
The Shea tree, which is now referred to as''VitellariaParadoxa'', has enormous economic, medicinal, cultural benefits and as a food source. Yet it seems the mechanisms put in place to support the Shea butter industryare either not existing or they are inadequate in Ghana.Even though this is the general situation,the quantum of the industry’s contribution to women livelihood, the specific so...
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MODERATING EFFECT OF BUSINESS RISK ON THE AUDIT FEE MODEL AMONG SMALL AUDIT FIRMS: CASE OF WESTERN REGION, KENYA
Auditing remains a fundamental tool of financial management oversight. Despite of auditing ability to enhance confidence and reliability of the financial statements, there has been increasing criticisms addressed to the audit profession in the recent past especially after the failure of several international and local companies which occasioned doubt on the oversight role of audit due to its ...
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ENTERPRISE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE MATURITY MODEL: CASE STUDY IN FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
In new era, Business Intelligence (BI) is important particularly for many chief Information Officers (CIOs). BI especially plays an essential role in organizations and allows managers to analyze business performance in a convenient way and hence, improve decision making. Despite knowing the importance of BI implementation, many organizations still struggle to achieve this especially in financi...
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