Small Firms in the Japanese Economy

Business History Review;  October 1, 1998 ;   Sawai, Minoru;   787 words ...Small Firms in the Japanese Economy. By D. H. Whittaker...ISBN 0521581524. D. H. Whittaker's Small Firms in the Japanese Economy is an outstanding...changing roles and significance of small firms in the Japanese economy through careful...

Strategy-making process and firm performance in small firms

Journal of Management and Organization;  November 1, 2006 ;   Verreynne, Martie-Louise;   787 words ...ABSTRACT This paper argues that individual small firms just like large firms, place differing emphasis on strategy-making and may...strategy-making that seem most likely to exist in small firms, and hypothesises how this typology relates to performance...

Strategic types and performances of small firms in Korea. (strategic...

International Small Business Journal;  October 1, 1994 ;   Youngbae Kim Youngrok Choi;   787 words ...Introduction STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF SMALL firms appears to be an important issue in newly...as in developed countries (DCs). Small firms in NICs like Korea, typically basing their...labour costs are rapidly increasing. Small firms in NICs have strived desperately to adapt...

Give firms a fair crack of the whip.

Financial Adviser;  May 31, 2007 ;     787 words ...Byline: Many firms, big and small, are struggling with treating...misunderstood and underestimated by many firms and their advisers. In order to drive progress...had set a deadline of March 2007 for all firms to be implementing TCF in a substantial...

Relative strengths and weaknesses of small firms in innovation.

International Small Business Journal;  April 1, 1998 ;   Vossen, Robert W.;   787 words ...The relative strengths of large firms lie mostly in resources, while those of small firms are generally argued in terms of behavioural characteristics. It is, however, not either small firms or large firms which are the better innovators...

Architectural firms prize grads with IT skills Starting pay isn't great,...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 7, 1998 ;   BOB WEINSTEIN;   728 words ...Architectural firms are desperate for grads with information-technology...Interior Design. The study, which surveyed 734 firms in 49 states and the District of Columbia, found that architectural firms plan to increase hiring this summer by 21% over...

The financing of small firms: Different continents, the same problems?

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship;  October 1, 2001 ;   Boocock, Grahame; Wahab, Ismail A;   787 words ...The importance of small firms for economic development has been recognized...article compares the experiences of small firms in the United Kingdom and Malaysia, and...stages of economic development, small firms in the UK and Malaysia seem to adopt the...

BIG PRAISE FOR SMALL FIRMS: Local shops have a personal touch that can't...

On Wall Street;  August 1, 2007 ;   Leder, Gerri;   586 words ...-ST_BY- Gerri Leder Firms that are growing in size and assets have...work with independent RIA and planning firms, as well as with small and regional brokerage...Wachovia Securities are client-focused firms, and the combination sounds exciting...

No early dismissals for underperforming CPS tutors Federal law prevents...

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 26, 2005 ;   Kate N. Grossman;   582 words ...Come fall, all 28 private firms that provide after-school tutoring for...That's because the decision to renew the firms, which will earn up to $50 million this...have the most information on [tutoring firms] doesn't necessarily have the authority...

R&D spending patterns of global firms: analysis of the R&D spending and...

Research-Technology Management;  September 1, 2005 ;   Bowonder, B. Racherla, J.K. Mastakar, N.V. Krishnan, S.;   787 words ...Firms are continuously innovating in order to sustain their competitive...diverse as markets converge and industries collide (2). Second, firms are narrowing their knowledge base in an effort to specialize and focus (3). This is inducing firms to use distributed innovation models so that they can meet...

Capital budgeting techiques used by small business firms in the 1990s

The Engineering Economist;  July 1, 1997 ;   Block, Stanley;   787 words ...ABSTRACT In recent times, small business firms have created 80 percent of the new jobs...different from that used by larger business firms. A questionnaire survey with 232 small...preferred approach by 42.7 percent of the firms. Unlike many larger firms, their time horizon...

More Wall Street Firms Get Less Love.

Traders;  May 1, 2007 ;   Scotti, Michael;   787 words ...Fewer brokerage firms on Wall Street are feeling the buyside...commissions. More than half of the buyside firms using client commission arrangements, or...576 buyside traders last month. The 100 firms that participated represent a 6.3 response...

Firms in territories: A relational perspective

Economic Geography;  October 1, 2001 ;   Dicken, Peter; Malmberg, Anders;   787 words ...Firms in Territories: A Relational Perspective* Abstract: The role of space and place in shaping the transformation of firms and industries and the impact of such transformations on...conceptualize economic activities (including such phenomena as firms, industries, and other types of systems of networked ...

Firms Need to Invest More in Recruitment, Training of Sales Professionals,...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  March 20, 2007 ;     787 words ......CHICAGO, March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Firms are not adequately investing in sales force...Leadership Program. Although the majority of firms surveyed said their businesses depend heavily...marketing, the research found that most firms spend little time interviewing sales candidates...

Crunch time for firms with surplus holdings

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 29, 2008 ;     743 words ...F ewer firms expanded their property portfolios over...economic outlook has pushed up the number of firms planning to reduce their property holdings...expectations (+21 per cent). Twenty per cent of firms now plan to reduce their property space...