In recent years, green innovation has gained substantial attention and popularity from the manufacturing industry around world. As an essential part of industry, small medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs) are vital participants that promote to realize sustainable development. However, how evolves in SMMEs is unclear, which hinders implementing or even adopting innovation. This study attempted essen...

Aiming at the problems existing in low-carbon technology of Chinese manufacturing industries, such as irrational energy structure, lack of technological innovation, financial constraints, this paper puts forward the suggestion that the leading role of the government is combined with the roles of enterprises and market. That is, through increasing the governmental funding the adjustment of the i...

ii Manufacturing strategy formulation in small and medium-sized enterprises MALIN LÖFVING Doktorsavhandlingar vid Chalmers tekniska högskola Ny serie nr 3689 ISSN 0346 – 718X ABSTRACT Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of any national economy and key drivers for economic growth. To sustain their competitiveness, it is essential that SMEs take advantage of their capabilit...

innovation is the key to growth, without it, most organization would forever be stuck doing the same old things the same old way. new products, new services and new ways of doing business would never emerge. entrepreneurship activities brings about business innovation with resultant development in enterprises which also serves as a panacea to economic growth in developing countries. entrepreneu...

This paper reports on a programme of research considering the innovative potential of small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) in Industrial South Wales (UK). We consider and assess innovative potential as the configuration of management practices, capabilities, internal and external links facilitating the generation and appropriation of ideas. In the project we are interested in...