scholarly journals Absenteeism in the Small Business Sector

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicity Lamm
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Case ◽  
The Other ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Precarious Employment ◽  
Worker Absenteeism

In spite of the fact New Zealand small businesses represent over 90 percent of the business population there has been little research and scant discussion regarding absenteeism in small businesses. The implication is that absenteeism in the small business sector is similar to that experienced by large businesses and therefore does not warrant special attention. Based on data gathered from 65 New Zealand small business case studies since 1990 onwards, this paper attempts to outline the issues surrounding absenteeism in the small business sector within the context of the ECA employment environment. It is understood that any discussion on absenteeism cannot be separated from the employment issues surrounding worker injury and illness as one is the consequence of the other. It is also argued that worker absenteeism in small businesses is the action of last resort for the following reasons: lack of compliance and enforcement small business employment practices; precarious employment and the employment environment.

Becoming Strategic in Small Businesses

2014 ◽  
pp. 160-179
Author(s):  
Colleen E. Mills
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Strategic Intent ◽  
Business Startup ◽  
Relational Process

While strategy has been described as a plan or pattern of actions aligned to a conscious intent, it can also be conceptualised as the deliberate activities those in business engage in to realise a strategic intent. It is this activity oriented conception of strategy that is fuelling the turn towards practice in strategy scholarship. This chapter draws on this perspective and the ‘communication as constitutive of organisations' (CCO) perspective to explore what is involved in becoming strategic in an active and experiential sense in a small business. To do this, it uses illustrations from a series of studies of business startup or restart from the creative, ICT, and construction industries in New Zealand. The empirically-based synthesis presents strategic management in small businesses as a relational process producing a narrative infrastructure that weaves together episodes of strategy praxis to produce a coherent thread that ‘tells the firm forward' (See Deuten & Rip, 2000). The chapter finishes by briefly exploring the implications of this view for those seeking to become more strategic in small businesses.

Findings from the Small Business Case Studies

1995 ◽  
pp. 227-234
Author(s):  
Steve Baron ◽  
Kim Harris
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Case

Market Change, Distribution, and New Firm Formation and Growth: The Case of Real-Ale Breweries in the United Kingdom

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Mason ◽  
K N McNally
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Brewing Industry ◽  
Firm Formation ◽  
New Firm Formation ◽  
New Firm ◽  
The Uk

Many of the most influential accounts of the growth in the numbers of new businesses being started and the general increase in the economic significance of the small-business sector draw upon flexible specialisation theory, which explains such trends in terms of the breakup of the mass market for standardised goods and services and the consequent emergence of a variety of smaller niche markets capable of exploitation by new or small businesses. In this paper our purpose is to suggest that the opportunities for new firm formation and growth arising from such changes may be more circumscribed than have hitherto been acknowledged. Drawing upon evidence from the UK brewing industry, which has seen the creation of many hundreds of new breweries during the past twenty years, we highlight the role of distribution channels as a significant barrier to the growth of the small-business sector. Changes to the regulatory environment (the Beer Orders) in an attempt by government to improve the competitiveness of the UK brewing industry have, paradoxically, had the opposite effect to that intended, and so have failed to increase market opportunities for microbrewers. Future research must give greater attention to the role of distribution in order to achieve a better understanding of the changing structure and spatial organisation of production.

scholarly journals Productivity Indicators and Challenges in New Zealand Workplaces

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicity Lamm ◽  
Claire Massey ◽  
Martin Perry
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Business Case ◽  
Productivity Analysis ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Workplace Productivity ◽  
Workforce Productivity ◽  
Productivity Indicators ◽  
Practice Efficiency

As part of a government initiative, the Department of Labour’s Workplace Productivity Working Group has been charged with the task of stimulating debate and broadening the discourse on workplace productivity. The Department of Labour has also supported research into how New Zealand businesses are responding to the productivity challenges they face. The paper presents findings from two studies that were part of this research agenda. In particular, the paper reports on the experiences of individual business case studies, (predominantly SMEs), of introducing and maintaining initiatives designed to raise workforce productivity. Analysis of the data reveals a number of key themes: catalysts and drivers for change; distinctive characteristics of high performing firms; differing characteristics of the case studies; and barriers to introducing productivity initiatives and some solutions. The findings also indicated that in practice, efficiency increased both though innovation and a realignment of activities, with higher value added than those conducted in the past. However, there is an inherent tension with these and other similar studies that cannot easily be resolved. On one hand, employers are striving to obtain increased worker performance and gain more productivity while on the other hand they are driving their employers to wok longer, harder and more effectively often in extremely hazardous conditions. Thus, it would appear that efforts to increase productivity can have contradictory results.

scholarly journals The Adoption of e-business Technologies and Processes in Nigerian Small Business Enterprises.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Olakunle Olayinka
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Global Increase

Small businesses are often considered important to a nation’s economy. In Nigeria, the small business sector contributes about 48% to the GDP, and there is an increasing effort to support the small business sector as a way of combatting societal ills. Within the last decade, there has been a global increase in the use of e-business by both large and small companies. Today, it is generally acknowledged that e-business provides a range of opportunities for small businesses to operate and compete effectively; however, in developing countries such as Nigeria, there is very limited research on e-business adoption in the small business sector. This thesis examines the adoption of e-business technologies and processes in Nigerian small businesses. Using an inductive approach, informed by a case study strategy, a longitudinal study of six small businesses in Lagos, Nigeria was conducted. Data was collected using interviews and questionnaires, and both thematic analysis and framework analysis were utilised to analyse the cases. Research results indicate that small businesses in Nigeria are utilising e-business systems. Key issues impacting upon e-business adoption and eight critical influencing factors that affect adoption were identified. Based on the case study findings, a framework for the development and implementation of e-business strategy in the Nigerian small business sector was developed and validated. This framework will be of value to small business owners involved in e-business operations, and also provides a basis for follow-up research in developing world countries.

scholarly journals Digital Transformation in the Nigerian Small Business Sector

2022 ◽  
pp. 359-382
Author(s):  
Olakunle Olayinka ◽  
Martin George Wynn
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
The Status ◽  
Business Enterprises ◽  
Process Level

Digital transformation is now impacting businesses in both the developed and developing worlds, and this chapter examines this phenomenon in the small business sector in Nigeria. Adopting an interpretivist philosophy, the methodology combines a survey of small business enterprises (SBEs) with in-depth case studies of three Nigerian companies. Ten critical influencing factors are identified, and a model (Engage-Deploy-Exploit-Transform – EDET) is developed and applied to the case studies to assess the status of digital transformation. The influencing factors provide a checklist for SBEs embarking on digital transformation projects, and the model can be used to assess progress and identify new opportunities for digital transformation at the business process level. The authors believe this to be a useful contribution to the growing literature in this field that can be used by both researchers and practitioners in similar developing-world contexts.

scholarly journals SOME ASPECTS OF COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SME STANDARDS IN THE EU AND GEORGIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (20) ◽  
pp. 113-118
Author(s):  
Natia Kurdgelia
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Annual Balance ◽  
Annual Turnover ◽  
The Eu

There are different attitudes towards small business definition. Basically, the laws of the countries are based on the criteria on the basis of which this or that enterprise belongs to the small business sector. However, in EU countries, small and medium enterprises are considered as small businesses and they are considered in one context. The concept of small and medium business combines number of employees, annual turnover and annual balance. The official definition of small and medium enterprises in Georgia is partially in line with EU standards. The concepts of small business and micro business are established only in terms of tax policy, while in institutional and quantitative or qualitative terms its definition is not officially definite.

scholarly journals E-Business Strategy in Developing Countries: A Framework and Checklist for the Small Business Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7356
Author(s):  
Martin Wynn ◽  
Olakunle Olayinka
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
Online Trading

Since the turn of the century, there has been a growth in the use of e-business by both large and small companies worldwide, a trend that has been given further impetus by the move to online trading in the COVID-19 pandemic era. For small companies, there are the potential benefits of increased efficiencies and market share gain, associated with the re-engineering of selling and marketing processes; but in developing countries, such as Nigeria, research into how small businesses are using e-business systems and technologies is limited. This article builds upon earlier case study research in the Nigerian small business sector to develop a framework for e-business strategy development, implementation and review. Using an inductive approach, data was collected from six small businesses, using interviews and questionnaires, to profile the e-business operations of these companies. This study found that e-business strategy was generally lacking in these companies, but interview material was used to support the development and validation of the strategy framework, which provides a process and a checklist for small businesses pursuing e-business initiatives in developing world environments.

scholarly journals The Effect of Intangible Asset, Capacity of Financial Resource and Regulation. Evidence from Financial Performance of Small Business Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 162-167
Author(s):  
Nur Vita Opu ◽  
. Mahfudnurnajamuddin ◽  
Ratna Dewi ◽  
. Mapparenta
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Intangible Asset ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Family Economy ◽  
The Family

The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the effect of intangible assets, financial resources, and regulations on the financial performance of small businesses firms in Balikpapan. The development of Balikpapan City with many national and international events has led to the development of the small business sector in this city. This informal sector is a form of business that really helps the family economy. The research samples were 80 units of small businesses. Data collection was conducted using questionnaires and techniques to examine hypotheses it was used descriptive analysis and regression analysis using SPSS 24. The results show that intangible assets and regulations affect financial performance while financial resources have no effect on financial performance.

scholarly journals SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESULTS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-110
Author(s):  
G.V. Olkhovaya
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Social Efficiency ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Rate Of Development ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Impact

In modern conditions, the level and rate of development of regions and the state as a whole are directly related to the dynamics of small and medium-sized businesses. The article provides an assessment of the socio-economic changes that occurred in the small business sector of the Republic of Crimea in 2015-2018. The system of indicators that reflect various aspects of its functioning and the impact on the region’s economy is analyzed. Indicators of entrepreneurial activity, social efficiency of small businesses, economic efficiency of functioning, investment and innovation activity are considered.

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