Current Issue : July - September Volume : 2016 Issue Number : 3 Articles : 7 Articles
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....
This article combed the domestic and foreign researches on inventory investment since 1990. We\nfind that researches mainly focus on the macro level of the relationship between inventory investment\nand business cycle, the effects of inflation or interest rates on inventory adjustment.\nWhile in the micro enterprise level, they study the determiners of inventory investment, including\nfinancing constraints, size and location. Besides, the role of inventory investment behavior on\ncorporate performance has not yet reached a consensus. Based on the analysis of the existing literatures,\nwe put forward the possible directions for future research in the field of inventory investment,\ncombining with China�s specific conditions....
With the progress of the society, the High-tech SMEs play a more and more important role in the\ndevelopment and innovation of a country. However, the financing of the High-tech SMEs faces a serious\nmarket failure, and the government has to intervene. Based on this, this article analyzes the\nroot which leads to the market failure in the financing of High-tech SMEs from three aspects: serious\nuncertainty, information asymmetry and externality, and puts forward the concrete policy\nmeasures of government intervention and discusses the government failure that exists in the\nprocess of governmental intervention. Finally, on the basis of above analysis, this paper puts forward\nsome appropriate policy recommendations....
Financing is a critical bottleneck problem in the development process of SMEs. SMEs� business activities\nare more closely embedded in the network, because the geographical location closeness\nfacilitates the exchange of information and the diffusion of knowledge. We try to explore how the\ncluster network relations affect the efficiency of SMEs external financing efficiency. This paper\ntakes a close look at firm financing patterns and factors that influence external financing performance\nof SMEs in clusters. However, our results suggest that financing from bank is the main financing\npattern. We also find inter-firm trust is positively related with external financing efficiency\nand this positive relationship is moderated by the level of Guanxi. Theoretical and managerial\nimplications are discussed....
With continuous improvement of science and technology, computer technology has had an increasingly\nprofound effect on economic management of enterprise, and it is increasingly important\nhow to make the best of computer technology to improve the quality of economic management of\nenterprise. This paper briefly states the influence of computer technology on economic management\nof enterprise and application strategy of computer technology in economic management of\nenterprise....
The study investigated the impacts of tax payers� knowledge and penalties on tax compliance\namongst small and medium enterprises in Nigeria using a survey research design. The data obtained\nfrom questionnaire were analyzed using the Ordinary Least Square regression method. The\nresults showed that tax knowledge had a positive significant impact on tax compliance while tax\npenalty had insignificant positive impact on tax compliance. Thus, the study shows that tax knowledge\nhas a higher tendency to promote tax compliance than tax penalty. Government should\ntherefore do everything possible to increase public knowledge on tax matters and tax education\nshould be included in school curricula at all times. Small and medium scale business owners\nshould also seek to advance their tax knowledge and awareness for the mutual benefits of the\ngovernments and taxpayers....
With the competitive environment intense, the leader of the market gradually becomes buyers\nmarket. For the enterprise, to maintain and retain existing customers, which is to reduce the customer\nswitch to the competition as low as possible, is particularly important. Therefore, how to\neffectively seize the minds of consumers and understand their behavior trends is the crux for enterprise\nto win. This study developed a model of the influence of relationship characteristics on\nswitching costs, and we set customer characteristics as a regulated variable which was always set\nto a leading factor in the previous study. We used smart-phone users as our research object,\nthrough the method of questionnaire and established an equation model to analyze data. The results\nshowed that: (1) in general, the relationship characteristics between consumers and businesses\n(including the length of time and the kind of purchase) respectively played a positive role\non the switching costs (including procedural switching costs, relational switching costs and lost\nbenefits costs), (2) the moderating effects of customer characteristics (including involvement and\nswitching tendency) in the relationship between relationship characteristics and switching costs\n(including the procedural switching costs, relational switching costs and lost benefits costs) are\nrespectively significant. This article verifies the regulated effect of customer characteristics and\nenriches the antecedent influencing factors of switching costs. So it is of great significance for enterprises\nto better manage switching costs and effectively retain customers....
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