Competitive Strategies for Small and Medium Enterprises Increasing Crisis Resilience, Agility and Innovation in Turbulent Times /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: North, Klaus (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Varvakis, Gregorio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Business.; Entrepreneurship.; Leadership.; Management.; Industrial management.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

This book is a timely guide for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) researchers, policy makers and strategists. SMEs are the most important sources of job creation and local development especially in knowledge-based economies. As turbulence in the globalized economies expands SMEs will have to learn t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: what is a “dynamic SME”
• Dynamic capabilities and organizational resilience in turbulent environments
• Case 1: Xenon automation technology – cutting edge competence as competitive strategy
• Culture for organizational learning in turbulent environments
• The innovation triple challenge: a creativity check for SMES
• Intellectual capital as a strategic model to create innovation in new technology based firms
• An analysis of micro and small enterprises growth: an application of the management excellence model (MEG)
• Case 2: KST turbine components - “Qualiyspeedservice” as competitive strategy
• Argentina: a chronically variable socio-economic environment for SMES
• Surviving and competing in times of crisis – cases of strategies by Argentine SMES
• Learning to cope with turbulent situations a study of owner – Managers in Argentine SMES
• SME vulnerability analysis: a tool for business continuity
• Knowledge risk management in turbulent times
• Knowledge management tools for SMES
• Learning to grow – A methodology to sustain growth capapilities of SMES
• Case 3: Herradep - a double and intelligent strategy to grow: improving worker knowledge and competences through self-managed short term projects
• How Brazilian textile enterprises learn to grow
• Virtual enterprises: strengthening SMES competitiveness via flexible businesses alliances.