Essays about: "strategic planning sme"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words strategic planning sme.

1. 1. Developing a closed-loop supply chain to eliminate Single Use Plastic products : Implementing Circular Economy practices driven by EU commission directives

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

   Author : Elsa Ottosson; Rania Oweini; [2023]
   Keywords : Circular Economy; Circular Business Models; Closed Loop Supply Chain; Single Use Plastic; EU-directive; Small and medium sized enterprise; Post Consumer Plastic Waste;

   Abstract : Single use plastic products (SUPs) are a primary cause of plastic pollution causing significant environmental harm. These products have little to no value after use and are challenging to recycle cost efficiently. READ MORE

3. 2. The Strategic Work of SMEs: A ‘Strategy as Practice’ Study

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Adnan Saltagic; Andre Almqvist; [2022-06-21]
   Keywords : Strategic Tools; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Practice; Practitioners; Praxis; Meetings; Workshops; Individual Research; SME; Risk Management; Scenario Planning;

   Abstract : Previous research regarding the strategic work of SMEs is scarce and the research that does exist explains that SMEs do not spend much time on strategic planning. As such, our mission has been to investigate and examine more closely on how SMEs work with strategy and why. READ MORE

4. 3. Examining Strategic Planning and Use of Intellectual Capital through Spectacles : A study on how small businesses implement intellectual capital into their strategic planning using cases of independent optical firms

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Piia Hyytiä; Emma Karvik; [2020]
   Keywords : Strategic Planning; Intellectual Capital; SME; Implementation; Management; Optical Industry; Accounting;

   Abstract : In the business world of today and the knowledge-based economy that we are living in, with challenges such as digitalization and globalization, traditional sources of competitive differentiation are being stripped away. Due to this more businesses have started realizing their core capability to be the invisible assets of their firm rather than the visible ones. READ MORE

5. 4. Strategic Thinking is Context Dependent

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Alexander Størner; Andrew Teller; [2019]
   Keywords : Strategic thinking; Strategy; Business Management; CEOs; Small and Medium Enterprises; SME; Management; Master’s in Management; Sweden; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Strategic thinking is a complex field that consists of more than the concept of strategy. Strategic thinking is important to business success, to maintain a competitive advantage, to strategic planning, and management decision-making. However, this is not an exhaustive list of reasons why strategic thinking is relevant. READ MORE

6. 5. Business strategy and IT strategy alignment in SMEs

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

   Author : Johan Sanders; Joost van Meurs; [2018]
   Keywords : SMEs; business strategy; IT strategy; alignment; grounded theory; qualitative research;

   Abstract : This study explores the following research question: How do CEO’s of SME’s seek to achieve and sustain alignment between business strategy and IT strategy in their companies? By conducting in-depth interviews of seven CEOs of SMEs in the Netherlands the experience of these CEOs are explored and most, if not all, of them describe how they do make use of sophisticated strategic planning that combines both business and IT strategy in a manner that appears to be analogous to that previous researchers have documented in large organisations. A number of recommendations are made as to how the methodology used could be improved to gain better understanding of the interplay of the factors involved in achieving and sustaining alignment in SMEs (and, perhaps, even large organisations) . READ MORE