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Companies are constantly faced with the challenge of improving their performance in an increasingly unstable and risky environment. The current financial and economic crisis has become a confirmation of this evolution and is a real vector of awareness on the importance of good governance for the company. In such a context, managers feel the need to reassure shareholders as well as the company's stakeholders by including management control and internal audit in their governance policy. Management control operates in the same field as internal audit. Indeed, management control contributes to improving efficiency within the entity and to the achievement of objectives. While the internal auditor makes a judgment on the effectiveness of the management control to participate in its improvement...

Small businesses are the backbones of the American economy and contribute nearly 46% of thebU.S. gross domestic product. However, the failure rate for small businesses is high. Only half of all small businesses will be able to survive for 5 years, and only 20% of small business can survive 10 years. Failure is a common phenomenon among entrepreneurs of small businesses. This qualitative phenomenological study involved examining entrepreneurs' perceptions of their failure experiences. The study involved exploring the impacts of failure on entrepreneurs, the valuable lessons that entrepreneurs have taken from their failure experiences, and how they have applied what they have learned into business practices. Ten participants were purposefully selected for an individual face-to-face interview

This study examined the extent to which small business leaders' self-perceived strengths (self efficacy) influence their resource allocation decisions. Small businesses are typically resource constrained and more reliant on the leader as sole decision maker, making an understanding of decision factors important. The question examined is whether a small business leader's self perceived business strength will influence the decision to invest people and dollars in that particular support function of the business. The relationship between self-efficacy and resource allocation in small businesses that support the federal government is examined using the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm as an interpretive lens. Firm overhead resources allocated served as indicators of resource allocation decisions. Analysis of responses from 577 small businesses suggest that knowing the leader's perceived area of self-efficacy improves the ability to predict how organizational resources will be allocated.

Dieses Buch beschreibt Lebensmitteltrends aus den Themenkomplexen Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung. Es werden anschaulich aktuelle Themen für die Lebensmittelindustrie und dem Lebensmittelhandel behandelt. Die Fallstudien wurden von Masterstudenten des Studiengang Lebensmittelwirtschaft der Hochschule Trier im Fach Unternehmensführung bearbeitet und präsentiert.

Challenge-based research focuses on addressing societal and environmental problems. One way of doing so is by transforming existing businesses to profitable ventures through co-creation and co-evolution. Drawing on the resource-based view, this book discusses how social challenges can be linked with the industrial value-chain through collaborative research, knowledge sharing, and transfer of technology to deliver value. The work is divided into three sections: Part 1 discusses social challenges, triple bottom line, and entrepreneurship as drivers for research, learning, and innovation while Part 2 links challenge-based research to social and industrial development in emerging markets. The final section considers research-based innovation and the role of technology, with the final chapter bridging concepts and practices to shape the future of society and industry. The authors present the RISE paradigm, which integrates people (society), planet (sustainability),and profit (industry and business) as critical constructs for socio-economic and regional development. Arguing that the converging of society and industry is essential for the business ecosystem to stay competitive in the marketplace, this book analyzes possible approaches to linking challenge-based research with social and industrial innovations in the context of sectoral challenges like food production, housing, energy, biotechnology, and sustainability. It will serve as a valuable resource to researchers interested in topics such as social challenges, innovation, technology, sustainability, and society-industry linkage.

Dieses Buch konzentriert sich auf die Rolle des Beirats oder ähnlicher Governance-Gremien in Familienunternehmen und speziell auf Prozesse und Themen von strategischer Bedeutung. Es umfasst alle relevanten Themen, die regelmäßig behandelt werden müssen, wie Strategieentwicklung, Finanzmanagement und Führung. Zu jedem Thema werden die Vor- und Nachteile herausgearbeitet. Dies ist eines der wenigen Bücher, das sich mit Familienunternehmen befasst, von den Governance-Systemen bis hin zur Rolle der Führungskräfte. Die von den Autoren sorgfältig gesammelten Beispiele und die eingehende Diskussion der Themen bieten dem Leser wertvolle Einblicke, um die Wirksamkeit der Unternehmensführung zu bereichern.

Das Handbuch digitale Gesundheitswirtschaft liefert eine qualitätsgeprüfte umfassende Übersicht zu Chancen und Herausforderungen der digitalen Transformation des Gesundheitswesens. Dabei werden Technologien, regulatorischer Rahmen, innovative Geschäftsmodelle und Einsatzbereiche jeweils mit branchenrelevanten Fallbeispielen ergänzt. Sowohl ökonomische als auch versorgungsrelevante Aspekte werden diskutiert - anhand aktueller wissenschaftlicher internationaler Studien.

Managing School Human Resources Effectively in Cameroon will be a useful guide for those who want to strengthen their capacities in good school governance. This book which will serve for several years has a triple purpose. To know how to implement training activities for school leaders; To enable them to fully play their role in a context of educational decentralisation; To know how to put in place strategies for the professionalisation of school leaders. To this end, they must: appropriate texts on personnel management; know how to manage time effectively without being distracted from their essential tasks; know how to manage conflicts in the school environment; acquire the managerial qualities of a good head teacher; and be able to carry out actions aimed at professionalizing the function of school leaders.

This timely and comprehensive text focuses on important recent advances in applied sustainability in the baking industry, connecting all the current methods and strategies into a single book. Those involved in bread production will find the latest developments at the theoretical and practical levels, including information and communication requirements, reporting and regulatory aspects, economic and environmentally sustainable business models, supply chain management, life cycle assessment, product and organizational environmental footprints and more. For small bakery business owners to industry leaders and policymakers, governmental authorities, regulatory authorities and standardization bodies, this book offers a compilation of technical information about sustainability in the market for the bakery sector. Baking Business Sustainability Through Life Cycle Management begins by presenting basic information on the life cycle assessment and product environmental footprint of the bread industry, proposing an analysis of sustainability assessment using environmental and social footprints and providing recommendations for integral optimization of economic and environmental performance. A second section focuses on sustainability in the baking industry, providing a regional focus from Europe to the Americas to Africa and beyond. The third section takes a deep look at economic feasibility and efficiency in the bread industry, including the economic viability of different scenarios for bread-based value chains, and forming efficient business models for bakeries. A final section zeroes in on the most up-to-date innovations in the current bakery industry, including the impact of bakery innovation on business resilience growth, commercial systems, and new business models in regional food systems for farmers and companies, based on multi-actor approach. Innovations within the bakery industry are at an all-time high, with new sustainability and economic models being introduced, along with associated market risks. This timely and ambitious text aims to cover all the most recent advances and methods for successful incorporation into bakery businesses.

This book provides state-of-the-art descriptions of smart service innovations in the industry, supported by novel scientific approaches. It gathers findings and insights presented at the fourth Smart Services Summit, held in Zurich, Switzerland, in October 2021, which primarily focused on how smart services have enabled companies to adapt during and to the COVID-19 pandemic.The book includes examples of remote and collaborative working that actively involve customers in service processes, requiring a change in mindset for more traditional firms. Moreover, it explores how services can be delivered faster and more affordable with the aid of new technologies and in collaboration with the customers, leading to new value propositions and business models and thus an evolution of smart services. Given its scope, the book offers an essential guide for practitioners and advanced students alike.

The edited volume presents the conference proceedings from the ¿Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Operational Psychology Conference 2023¿ (SEIGOP 2023), organized by the Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA) at James Cook University, Singapore. This edited volume places the highly dynamic, but also, jeopardized climatological ¿ geographical region of the Tropics centre stage. The region is developing rapidly, with significant progress being made through the development of innovative technologies. The Tropics represent a region in which people live amid the greatest level of biodiversity anywhere on the planet. Nonetheless, propelled by rapid population growth, the Tropics is a region on the rise, with higher living standards and increased levels of international trade and investment. Densely populated emerging countries like India, Indonesia and Nigeria will be among the largest economies of the world by the end of the century. These upward socioeconomic trends are compromised by the impact of climate change on the Tropics¿ biodiversity. Such developments have forced policymakers, businesses, and local communities to search for more sustainable and creative ways to live and work. For these reasons, this edited volume presents theory-driven conceptual, qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies on the impact of innovation-driven businesses on the complex interplay of socio-cultural, economic, and environmental factors in the Tropics.

Entrepreneurship Development in the Balkans directly engages questions of innovation and risk management within various types of entrepreneurship, including female, social, migrant, and corporate entrepreneurship in the context of the Balkans.

"Brilliant Digital Marketing: An Entrepreneur's Guide" provides a comprehensive guide to digital marketing for entrepreneurs. Brilliant Digital Marketing: An Entrepreneur's Guide covers the importance of digital marketing, including its ability to reach a wider audience, cost-effectiveness, targeted marketing, measurable results, and improved customer engagement. The book gives an overview of digital marketing strategies and techniques, such as content marketing, search engine optimization and marketing, social media marketing, email marketing, affiliate marketing, video marketing, and mobile marketing.The book delves into the fundamentals of digital marketing, including its tactics, history, and advantages, as well as the challenges of digital marketing, digital marketing tools and technologies, and best practices. Future trends in digital marketing are also explored.The book goes into detail about different digital marketing strategies, such as content marketing, SEO, SEM, and the marketing mix, which includes product, price, promotion, place, and people. It also tells you how to make a digital marketing plan, set goals and objectives, do a context analysis, find competitors and potential partners, and divide up marketing costs. The book gives information about the development, application, and management phases of a digital marketing campaign, as well as skills for managing client relationships. It also talks about different digital marketing tools, how to measure how engaged customers are, and how to evaluate the market using metrics. Overall, this book gives entrepreneurs a complete guide to digital marketing, from the basics to planning and executing a digital marketing campaign. It also gives an overview of different digital marketing tools and the latest digital marketing trends. It is an essential resource for any entrepreneur looking to maximise their digital marketing efforts and improve customer engagement.

Building a business is hard work, but it's even harder if you're not passionate about what you're doing. That's why the Gita's teachings on Dharma are so relevant to entrepreneurship. Dharma is all about finding your purpose and living your life in a way that aligns with your values. When you can apply this principle to your work, you'll find that building a business becomes a lot more meaningful and fulfilling. Of course, finding your purpose is easier said than done. That's why the Gita also teaches us the importance of self-reflection and introspection. By taking the time to reflect on our values and motivations, we can gain a better understanding of what drives us and what we want to achieve. This can help us make better decisions in our businesses and create a more authentic and purpose-driven brand. Another key lesson from the Gita is the importance of ethical leadership. In today's world, where we see so many examples of unethical behavior in business, it's more important than ever to lead with integrity and moral courage. By being transparent, accountable, and socially responsible, we can build businesses that not only create wealth but also contribute to the greater good. Ultimately, the principles of Business Entrepreneurship from the Gita and the rules of Dharma remind us that business is not just about making money. It's about creating something that has a positive impact on the world, and that aligns with our deepest values and aspirations. When we approach business in this way, we can find a sense of purpose and fulfillment that goes beyond mere financial success.

After watching her successful team be mercilessly gutted in a preventable round of layoffs, Rebecca Hoffman has decided she's done with the corporate world. Nothing excites her more than a challenge, and she sets off to find success in the entrepreneurial world.Now CEO of a burgeoning technology company, in addition to being a wife and mother, with all the ups and downs that entails, she's having more than a few moments of wondering if she made a mistake. What Rebecca could not have known was how scary it can be to work without a net. Responsible for making payroll for dozens of people while managing cashflow for a fledgling company, and balancing her family obligations, the pressure is on.When Rebecca faces the ultimate entrepreneurship crisis, she must utilize a loose network of acquaintances, past co-workers, and cheerleaders to save the entire company. Equal parts entrepreneurship fable and business handbook, the lessons in Fed-Up to Start-Up are timeless for women CEOs and aspiring entrepreneurs who struggle to balance life, business, and friendship.

Victoria Wieck details her journey starting a business from scratch and building it into a multi-million dollar success story. She offers practical, actionable, and accessible advice for starting your business, building it, avoiding the pitfalls, and making it successful.

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Achieve is a book designed with one purpose in mind; to take your amazing ideas from your head and bring them to this world by using easy to learn skills applied by only the highest Achievers.I was in a near fatal motorcycle accident, I've been on the edge of financial collapse, I suffered through a terrible divorce, the break-up of my dream family life and have been riddled with depression and anxiety.And for the longest time I thought that achieving important goals was only for other people who followed the rules, were more outgoing and people who knew how to finish.But then I started to study the path others took to achieve success and I realized that they shared many things in common. And that they each followed a process that created their own Achievement Formula. And I started to apply it.Once you have the process I personally use, you will find yourself with more confidence, more clarity, and able to act faster with less doubt, stress, or confusion.You'll learn The Truth About Overcoming Obstacles is BeliefIn Achieve I deliver you both the road map and the secrets that high achievers use to overcome whatever is in their way and achieve that next level of life.With this book you'll learn how to eliminate excuses and believe any idea is possible.You'll also gain THE ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION AND FOLLOW THROUGHAnd once you have that, you're ready for what might be the most important thing of all. CONFIDENCE THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.In today's world, it's all about this one question: Do you have the ATTITUDE TO ACHIEVE?Most people never bother to find out what true achievement is ...much less take the time to cultivate the skills necessary to achieve their dreams.But it's not difficult ...and it can be mastered at any age and I give you the recipe to follow so you can have these skills by the time you are done reading Achieve.So as you can see, this is going to be MUCH than you're expecting.

Want Your Life Back?Seventy percent of all doctor's visits are linked to workplace stress. Too many people are overworked and overstressed. They want something more from life, but they're not sure how to stop working long enough to make it a reality. Entrepreneurs want answers to their questions. How do they step back from a business they created? How can they enjoy all that life offers when work consumes their days?Author Jeff Russell, a successful and serial entrepreneur, teaches entrepreneurs how to unchain themselves from the daily grind by creating a business that runs without them. Fire Yourself First provides the four-step plan to free up your time.Get ready to discover how to:Clarify your why to infuse more direction to your life and business.Hire an autonomous team who can run your business for you.Create dashboards and scorecards to help you and your team identify what winning looks like.Plan your exit to ensure your departure is strategic and successful.Gain the confidence you need to create a life you love. Begin the journey of Firing Yourself First, starting today.

Les sociétés occidentales contemporaines sont marquées du sceau du « jeunisme » et de l¿obsolescence rapide des innovations. Mais, à trop se focaliser sur la nouveauté, ne se prive-t-on pas de tirer des enseignements du passé ? Le passé n¿a-t-il, pour le dire autrement, aucune valeur pour penser notre présent et, plus encore, notre futur ? Quelles sont les ramifications qui permettent des innovations plus responsables en lien avec des besoins réels ? Ainsi est posée la question de la contribution de l¿histoire des techniques au développement de connaissances sur le processus d¿innovation. Quels sont les concepts clés et les principaux apports de l¿histoire des techniques à l¿innovation ? Comment l¿histoire des techniques peut-elle nous aider à imaginer le futur ?L¿enjeu de ce livre n¿est pas de retourner vers un passé. Il s¿agit d¿apprécier la portée heuristique de l¿histoire des techniques et des biographies d¿innovations pour imaginer des concepts innovants à même d'apporter des réponses inédites aux grands défis du monde contemporain. Les auteurs traitent des exemples issus de secteurs industriels variés. Invité à découvrir les innovations techniques de l'entreprise de Marc Seguin, le lecteur découvrira ainsi l'histoire du four micro-onde en France, en passant par celle du Shock Absorber de SEB ou plus près de nous du vaccin anti-covid de Sanofi.Ce livre s'adresse aux chercheurs de toutes disciplines, intéressés par la valorization de leurs travaux, aux ingénieurs de R&D qui lancent des projets innovants. Il se destine aussi à un public plus large intéressé par la naissance et la diffusion des innovations.

The objective of this work is, on the one hand, to contribute, correct and complete Leleup and Heuts (1954), on the other hand, to encourage scientists and international institutions of biodiversity conservation to get involved in the safeguarding of this heritage, and to put at the disposal of the decision makers, a set of data in order to reach their affective level, as to - the threats that these natural reserves with defined purposes, with scientific, aesthetic, cultural and educational value, special reserves, these caves characterized by the presence of blind albino fish, species of endemic fish, Caecobarbus geertsii; and - the concern to have some of these caves inventoried on the list of world heritage properties. For, to do nothing would lead ineluctably, in the more or less long term, to the loss of these ecosystems of great universal value. This manual is structured in three parts: the first part presents the state of the caves, the second deals with cave biodiversity and the third proposes an outline of the Mbanza-Ngungu Cave Biosphere Reserve.

¿Dieses Fachbuch ist für alle geschrieben, die ein Unternehmen gründen, verbessern oder weiterentwickeln wollen. Mit seinen theoretischen Grundlagen und klaren praktischen Empfehlungen ist das Buch unverzichtbar für Entrepreneure, Gründungsinteressierte, Unternehmensentwickler, Anbieter von Förderprogrammen, Banken und Investoren. Es eignet sich auch hervorragend als Teil des Lehrplans in jedem Entrepreneurship-Kurs.Basierend auf moderner Entrepreneurship-Theorie, eigenen empirischen Erkenntnissen sowie dem Feedback von über 25.000 Entrepreneuren haben die Autoren, unterstützt durch das professionelle Umfeld an der Norwegian University of Science and Technology und der Universität Leipzig, ein Vorgehensmodell entwickelt, welches den Aufbau und die kontinuierliche Verbesserung von Entrepreneurship-Projekten ermöglicht. Das Modell, genannt S-E-A-M (Systemic Entrepreneurship Activity Method), besteht aus sieben Schritten, die ausführlich beschrieben und anhand von praktischen Beispielen erläutert werden.Für den deutschen Markt wurde das Fachbuch aus dem Norwegischen übersetzt und von den Autoren aktualisiert und erweitert.Der InhaltDie Entrepreneurship-TheorieS-E-A-M ¿ Die systemische Methode entrepreneurialer AktivitätenSinn und Zweck; RessourcenGeschäftsidee und -modellZiele und Aufgaben Forecast ¿ Prognose der Geschäftsentwicklung

This book describes the groundbreaking work of Chaim Leib Pekeris and his collaborators. Between 1955 and 1963 they used the first electronic computer built in Israel, the Weizmann Automatic Computer (WEIZAC), to develop powerful numerical methods that helped achieve new and accurate solutions of the Boltzmann equation, calculate energy levels of the helium atom, produce detailed geophysical and seismological models derived from the study of the free oscillations of the earth, and refine models used to predict meteorological phenomena and global oceanic tides. This book provides a unique account of the pioneering work of Chaim L. Pekeris in applied mathematics and explains in detail the background to the rise of the Weizmann Institute as a world-class center of scientific excellence. This hitherto untold story is of great interest to historians of twentieth-century science with special emphasis on the application of computer-assisted numerical methods in various branches of mathematical physics.

This book gathers papers from the 12th Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Postgraduate Research Conference, which was held at the International Convention Centre, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, from July 10 to 12, 2022. The conference directly addresses the objectives of SDG9: ¿Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation¿. Moreover, the conference is designed to promote capacity development and transformation within the built-environment space by providing an all-inclusive platform to established and emerging researchers to discuss the recent advancements needed to move the industry forward.

Sie sind auf der Suche nach der richtigen Geschäftsidee, oder sie haben schon einen ersten Ansatz, wissen aber nicht, wie sie ihre Idee umsetzen sollen? Das Buch gibt Ihnen Impulse und zeigt Möglichkeiten auf, wie Sie zündende Businessideen finden, ableiten und entwickeln können. Auslöser für Innovationen sind oft Gesetzesänderungen, gesellschaftliche Wandlungen, internationale Rahmenbedingungen oder besondere Ereignisse wie z.B. die Corona-Krise. Diese Herausforderungen sind häufig auch Chancen für neue Lösungen und Geschäftsmodelle. Darüber hinaus können interessante Ideen von erfolgreichen Unternehmen auf andere Branchen adaptiert werden oder auf Basis von Megatrends wie der Digitalisierung neue Geschäftsmodelle entstehen. Das Buch zeigt Ihnen anhand von Praxisbeispielen Vorgehensweisen und Businessmechanismen auf, wie sie in Kürze eine Vielzahl von Ideen entwickeln. Neben der Ideenfindung werden Vorgehensweisen zur Ideenbewertung und Priorisierung vorgestellt.