Small businesses and entrepreneurs will always be under pressure to make the best possible use of their more limited resources, in comparison with their larger competitors, in order to achieve results...
Whilst the global financial crisis has increased the pressure on firms and their employees to be productive, the challenge for managers to get the best out of less motivated team members has always existed...
Companies in all lines of business want and need to anticipate the potential sales performance of their product or service. The birth and rapid rise of independent online communities of users and consumers represents a goldmine of news, views and information that enable the marketing and sales people to test the waters before launching their particular product or service...
The positive opportunities offered by globalisation to outsource operations to lower-cost countries can also represent a major headache - currency exchange rates may leap up and down, making the business of estimating the overall system cost for multi-site and multi-supplier projects an even greater task...
