Essays about: "small family business"

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1. 21. Sustainable Procurement in SupplyChain focusing on Chinese family Business in Manufacturing Industry

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (CeLS)

   Author : Yujin Guo; Jing Zhang; [2018]
   Keywords : Sustainable procurement; Practice; Driver; Chinese family business; Manufacturing industry;

   Abstract : Background: Procurement plays a significant role in the improvement of overall economic efficiency of Chinese enterprises. However, due to the resources waste and lack of professional knowledge of procurement, increasing procurement cost has become a serious problem for small and medium-sized enterprises (hereafter SMEs) especially in manufacturing industry. READ MORE

3. 22. Women, Work, and the Family Economy: A Study on the Determinants of Female Gainful Employment in Sweden, 1880-1910

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Joris Kok; [2018]
   Keywords : gainful employment; family economy; gender; marital status; nineteenth century; industrialisation; Sweden; Business and Economics; History and Archaeology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Today, Swedish women have one of the highest participation rates. In the nineteenth century, however, virtually no married women were recorded as working. Their participation rates started rising around the turn-of-the-century. READ MORE

4. 23. Strategic Planning and Succession in SMEs: A Multiple Case Study on Italian Family Firms

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Massimo Cirillo; Giacomo Rigon; [2018]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper’s goal was to investigate the influence of the degree of formal strategic planning on the pre-and post-succession period within family firms of small and medium size. With a qualitative approach, a multiple-case study was utilized to obtain empirical data from 5 family firms in Italy, in which semi-structured interviews with founders, other family members and non-family managers were conducted. READ MORE

5. 24. Factors that affect conflict in a cultural diversified workforce: The case of the shipping company Seascope

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för ekonomi

   Author : Ioannis Siarapis; [2017]
   Keywords : intercultural communication; yacht; conflict; cultural diversity management; shipping industry.;

   Abstract : Title: Factors that affect conflict in a cultural diversified workforce in the shipping industry: The case of the shipping company Seascope Level: Master thesis in Business Administration Author: Ioannis Siarapis Supervisor: Maria Fregidou-Malama Examiner: Akmal Hyder Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate factors that affect conflict in a workforce characterized by cultural diversification in the shipping industry. Methodology: A qualitative approach was used. READ MORE

6. 25. Exploring the Internationalization Process : The Evolvement of the Internationalization Process in a Swedish Family Business

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Erik Friberg; Simon Vestlund; [2017]
   Keywords : Family Business; SME s; Strategic Decisions; Internationalization Process; Single Case Study Research;

   Abstract : A decision regarding internationalization is seldom a small decision in a company, especially if the company is a small-medium sized family businesses. This factor taken together with the need for a deeper understanding of family businesses leads this thesis into the research of the internationalization process of a family business. READ MORE