Due to the existing depression, industrial enterprises in most of the world require to be reconfigured and/or reorganized especially the manufacturing firms (companies). As a consequence of the global economic crisis (GEC), great political and economical maybe changed and some companies will go out from business and others will be merged with other firms. Also, a big effecting will be represent...

This paper describes an agent-based model developed to simulate the impact that different planning policies may have in enhancing the attractiveness of the industrial estates located in a network of four municipalities located in the North of Portugal. The policies were simulated using three scenarios that can be distinguished by the municipal level of coordination they are implemented and by t...

The key to successful and cost-effective activities of enterprises is the rational organization planning process, which concerns financial indicators involves writing budgets. article summarizes theoretical practical aspects implementation budgeting in industrial enterprises. study approaches different scholars interpretation essence concept allowed defining it as a complex economic process man...

Cloud computing and Enterprise Interoperability could help enterprises flexibly fit market challenges, collaborating with their partners. Cloud computing models can be splited into three basic designs: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS); Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Recently, everything/ anything as a Service (XaaS) is becoming a mainstream of evolution of clou...

The theory states the Balanced Scorecard has several advantages as a performance evaluation method, when compared with exclusively financial measures. The objective of the present study is to analyze the usage rates and the knowledge spreading about the Balanced Scorecard in Portuguese industrial small and medium size enterprises, while researching the existence of factors that explain why the ...