Using internal data of a leasing company in Germany, we examine the determinants of the probability and use of leasing by small firms. We find that small and young firms are likely to be constrained on the leasing market but use leasing to increase their debt capacity. Beyond contractand firm-specific characteristics, demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the entrepreneur matter. Ol...

The multi-site, multi-process and complex organisational structure of world-wide enterprises, as well as the introduction of the new concepts of extended and virtual enterprises, are determining increased needs of advanced Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities for improving team work and distributed working methods in engineering, manufacturing and production processes. This...

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has been considered as an essential concept for improving the product competitive ability in manufacturing enterprises. The PLM solution aims at providing a shared platform for facilitating the management of the knowledge related to any product development process in or across enterprises. However, facing with different standards, enterprise systems and stakeh...

“What we are producing today should be manufactured by sustainable manufacturing process. It should not impact our future generation.” Rapid industrialization & economic growth of 7.5%, continues to improve living standard but it may not continue for future generation. Modern manufacturing system, typically in Indian MSME’s consumes a large amount of resources, generates waste and pollutes the ...