An empirical study on Kaizen events in Indian small and medium enterprises

There is hardly any organization today that would disagree with the notion that people are the indispensable asset of any organization, which endows it with significant competitive advantage. Internal Customer Satisfaction is an assessment of how contended the worker is with his job or work environment. Happy and satisfied workers are likely to produce more, take less leaves, and stay loyal to the company. The importance of human capital in MSMEs has been posited by a number of authors (e.g. Wells et al., 2003; Neace, 1999) and has been linked to important outcome variables including quality, customer service, and productivity (Penning; Edelman et al., 2002). This paper explores the various facets of employee satisfaction in MSME's of Varanasi.

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INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOUR OF INDIAN MICRO SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

International Journal of Innovation Management ◽

10.1142/s136391961750061x ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 21 (07) ◽

pp. 1750061 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

NOMITA SHARMA

Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Failure Rate ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

High Failure Rate ◽

Innovation Activities ◽

Skilled Manpower ◽

Innovative Behaviour ◽

Medium Enterprises

The aim of this paper is to explore innovative behaviour of Indian Micro Small and Medium Enterprises. It is interesting to study innovative behaviour of microsmau and medium enterprises (MSMEs) since they try to innovate while surrounded by many barriers. They also face high failure rate in doing so. This failure is due to presence of barriers that MSMEs fail to manage. But it has been observed that many MSMEs are now awakening to their potential and becoming innovative. They tend to respond to environmental factors in an innovative way, either by cutting cost or changing ways of management. This innovative way defines their innovative behaviour. The innovative behaviour of MSMEs is studied through three variables, i.e., size, age and barriers faced by them. The result shows that size does influence innovation activities undertaken by MSMEs and statistically, there is no correlation between age and innovative behaviour. Their innovative behaviour is affected by barriers like shortage of technical skilled manpower, technology and shortage of funds or complex funding procedure. The paper is concluded by summarising the key findings, discussing implications, limitations and further scope of study.

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Determining factors in MSMEs success: An empirical study in Mexico

Small Business International Review ◽

10.26784/sbir.v6i1.384 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. e384

Author(s):

Rubén Molina-Sánchez ◽

Domingo García-Pérez-de-Lema ◽

Alejandra López-Salazar ◽

Roberto Godínez-López

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

Binary Logistic Regression ◽

Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

Technology And Innovation ◽

Determining Factors ◽

Quality Technology ◽

Medium Enterprises

This work empirically analyzes the competitive factors that help make micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) successful. To do this, an empirical study with a sample of 614 companies in Guanajuato, Mexico, has been carried out. The results of the binary logistic regression analysis show that quality, technology, and innovation are the main variables that determine a company’s success. These findings could provide guidelines to help MSMEs improve their competitiveness, and they could help public administrations better support MSME growth.

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