Reuse and remanufacturing of product parts and modules has shown to reduce costs, and also leads to substantial reductions in energy use and material losses during the whole product lifecycle. Furthermore it stimulates in its wake new business opportunities regionally. Together with small and medium …

Paper presented at the RENT XXV conference. The point of this paper is to improve our understanding on the added value of M&A advisors in SMEs, an important segment of the economy and merger industry. To predict the added value of professional advice we contrast two theories: the agency theory and the …

The Dutch greenhouse horticulture industry is characterized by world leadership in high-tech innovation. The dynamics of this playing field are innovation in production systems and automation, reduction in energy consumption and sharing limited space. However, international competitive advantage of the …

This Graduation Research was conducted in Woord en Daad to appraise the potential role that micro-equity finance can play in developing sustainable SMEs in Zambia. It focuses on the challenges currently facing SMEs as deciphered from the operations of Woord en Daad's Agribusiness and Enterprise development …

This paper develops propositions on the added value of normatively-based, employee-oriented corporate social responsibility, specifically on the issue whether an individual owner-manager can add value within a foreign subsidiary by means of normatively-based, employee-oriented CSR. We suggest that this …

SMEs represent a very important part of the European economy today, and within this SME group the creative sector is recently one of the fastest growing sectors. Our paper studies the innovation management of 105 creative SMEs in Flanders and the Netherlands, based on the innovation diagnostic instrument, …

Since the film of Al Gore An inconvenient truth, sustainability stands high on the national agenda of most countries. Concern for the environment is one of the main reasons in combination with opportunities to innovate. In general, innovation and entrepreneurship are important in the realm of national …

The international transfer of employee-oriented CSR practices: an SME perspective.Will multinational SMEs use internationalisation to achieve labour cost savings at the expense of employees both in their home country and abroad or will they transfer their existing employee-oriented practices to their …

It’s clear that the e$ective management of design is a commercial necessity. It enables a company or organization to innovate, to stay in line with or ahead of the market, and to identify and cater to consumer needs. When design becomes an explicit part of the management process, it can have a greater …

Conclusion and general discussion regarding brokers in the SME network across Design and High-tech industries