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Quarterly published in print and online "Inventi Impact: SMEs" publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published research and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals.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.
Extant literature has increased our understanding of specific aspects of digital transformation, but a comprehensive picture remains elusive. Through a review of 50 case studies, we inductively build a framework of digital transformation articulated across seven building blocks. Digital transformation has brought the emergence of an advanced breed to help organizations scale up quickly, innovate throughout the processes, and lead markets. The increased use of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Analytics and high-performing computing has enabled organizations to adopt an agile and efficient business structure....
The purpose of this paper is to briefly introduce the reader to Igor Ansoff and briefly examine\r\nthe praxis of the components of Ansoff�¹s Strategic Success Paradigm which when\r\nimplemented have proven empirically to increase the firmâ��s probability of strategic success..\r\nWe will look at efficacy of use of each of its components relative to the formulation and\r\nimplementation of strategy in a for-profit Small sized enterprise. coalesced with other\r\nmodeling techniques like Porterâ��s, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT),\r\nAnsoffâ��s strategic diagnosis with the Optimal Strategic Performance Position (OSPP) tool\r\ncan provide management with an enriched capability to evaluate the firmâ��s current and future\r\nperformance position providing both a descriptive plan as well as a prescriptive diagnosis....
With the great discrepancy in the literature as to which variables do in fact lead to success or\nfailure of small businesses there is no theory; the Lussier 15 variable business success versus\nfailure prediction model stands out in its accuracy that has been tested and validated already in\nthree very different parts of the world. This study further contributes by testing the model in\nIsrael with a sample of 205 small businesses - 101 failed and 104 successful. Results support\nthe model�s validity in Israel, reinforcing its global validity and moving toward a theory; while\ndemonstrating similarity of SMEs in Israel to those in other economies....
The Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum (Terra-cotta Warriors Museum) was assessed as one of the first batch of 5A tourist attractions in China in 2007. Taking the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum as an example, this case analyzes the current situation of product development and quality management, and points out that improving the service quality of tourist attractions can greatly enhance the attraction of tourist attractions. This case provides reference for the development of tourist attractions. It can be said that cultural creativity is an important factor for the vitality of the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum....
Resource allocation influences productivity or profitability of crop enterprises, particularly\namong smallholder agricultural systems, yet many empirical studies tend to ignore this fact.\nIn this paper, we use profit efficiency measurement as a proxy for comparative advantage to\ndecide the crop for specialization in the Ejura-Sekyedumase District in the Ashanti Region of\nGhana. Using farm level data from 199 respondents who cultivate maize and cowpea, we\nemploy the stochastic frontier function to measure and compare the profit efficiencies of\nfarmers cultivating the two crops. Results from the analysis showed that the profit efficiency\nof maize farmers ranges between 47% and 96.7% while that of cowpea farmers ranges\nbetween 50.3% and 100% with mean profit efficiencies of 89% and 95% for maize and\ncowpea respectively. The study further showed that education, farm size and on-farm labour\nparticipation were major significant factors which influences profit efficiency in the study\narea. Farmers in Ejura-Sekyedumase stand to gain improvements in household welfare if\navailable land and other scarce resources are allocated to cowpea agribusiness....
Organizations struggle to strike the right balance between flexibility and security for remote work. With the major portion of the workforce in every country working from home during the covid-19 pandemic, employers might not have accounted for this scale of load on their IT infrastructure, not to mention their cybersecurity preparedness. Cybercriminals have been working to exploit this unpreparedness with regards to IT Infrastructure. The purpose of this study is to discuss increased cybersecurity risks of work from home due to Covid-19 pandemic, and as part of the study, a WFH cyber-attack mitigation framework has been proposed with eight simple but effective steps to mitigate and prevent these cyber-attacks....
Systems that help to find answers to suitable experts have received the attention of many researchers. Pioneer researchers on the development of search system for experts emphasized the importance of a search system that required returning a list prioritizing the names of individuals. Among the issues raised related to locating experts are, the critical problem of maintaining up-to-date information in the expert database and the inadequacy in expert finding systems in returning search results that are expected to account for not only the list of the names of the experts, but any information related to the experts and those involved with them. In the last decade, researchers have examined the search for experts from various research perspectives such as expert tracking system and construction of expert profiles involving ontology. This paper aims to describe a new approach in designing a framework for the construction of ontology that will be used in the directory of ICT experts. The researchers propose to incorporate thesaurus in their construction of ontology on ICT experts by providing a profile of the experts including their social profile and whatever concerns that may be associated with the expert. The researchers constructed the ontology on ICT experts by extracting information from sources such as their resumes and personal web sites to obtain the index glossary of words that characterized experts to be used in the directory of experts system. In this study, the standards contained in the Performance Evaluation System of the National University of Malaysia are used to extract information on the academicians in the Faculty of Information Science and Technology. The researchers employed the index glossary, metadata of experts and integrate appropriate taxonomy, thesaurus and classification schemes; such as Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) taxonomy, web classification schemes such as Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to enrich the ontology of ICT expertise. The proposed framework aims at helping users find information on the expert they require and at the same time obtain other information related to the experts from various perspectives encompassing research, consultancy, links with research partners, other interest related to a particular field and other resources. With a semantically driven directory of ICT experts, matters related to ICT can be referred to the right experts. The framework will be validated by developing the directory of ICT experts prototype and by involving domain experts to evaluate the content of the ontology constructed. In addition, the researchers will evaluate the search results of users who will use the prototype to search for ICT experts....
Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing (ERM) is a proactive managerial approach encompassing\na company�s effort to integrate environmental practices into decision-making processes.\nThe ERM body of knowledge is very diverse and has been shaped by research in numerous interdisciplinary\nareas. In the formative years of the ERM paradigm, this diversity kept researchers\nfrom developing a thorough understanding of the status of research within the ERM field, and the\nmore recent proliferation of information has also contributed to a lack of understanding. One method\nof developing a mastery and familiarity with this body of knowledge is to develop a taxonomy\nwithin which the literature can be framed. This is the major objective of the paper. We examine\nthe literature to identify early major dimensions of the taxonomy and discuss how these dimensions\nhave evolved. The major contribution of this approach is that it helps researchers develop a\nfamiliarity with the major themes found in a body of knowledge spanning multiple decades. With\nsuch a familiarity, scholars can effectively build on and extend the current body of knowledge. For\nthe purposes of this paper, over 10,000 scholarly articles, governmental publications, web-based\npublications, and books and were examined....
Although the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic has achieved a critical victory in China since 2020, it has undeniably brought a huge impact on the economy. Especially for the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located at the end of the industrial chain, whose comprehensive strength is weak, they are generally facing severe survival challenges. Under the complex and severe situation, a financing bailout can not solve the fundamental problem, but it is an effective way to alleviate the urgent needs of the SMEs. This paper systematically reviews the impact of the pandemic on the SMEs’ financing, the limitations of the SMEs’ financing channels, the problems of the SMEs exposed by “financing difficulties” during the pandemic, and how to promote financing and help the SMEs strengthen and expand....
This paper presents project managers (PM) competencies that influence the successful achievement of sustainable development (SD) projects. A relevant literature review is conducted to summarize the PMs’ competencies that lead to outstanding performance in projects. Then, this has been narrowed down to find out the PMs’ competencies that influence the adoption and completion of SD projects. Considering the different views, the primary purpose of this exploration is to illustrate the PMs’ competencies that have a positive impact on the achievement of SD projects in an integrative model. The investigation indicates that there are four main categories of PMs’ competencies that influence the success of SD projects: project management skills, team management abilities, emotional intelligence skills, and formal skills. Hence, this study demonstrates a model inclusively for PMs to relate the found PMs’ competencies to the successful implementation of SD projects. The model primarily explains that PMs who acquire the found competencies have a higher potential to achieve outstanding results in existing and future SD projects....
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