Organisational learning in SMEs: a process improvement perspective

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Organisational learning in SMEs: a process improvement perspective

We investigate how Organisational Learning (OL) can occur through Process Improvement (PI) activities, leading to sustained improvements over time in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We study PI practices in six engineering-oriented SMEs via interview-based case studies. We...

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Main Authors:	Matthews, Rupert Lawrence, MacCarthy, Bart L., Braziotis, Christos
Format:	Article
Published:	Emerald 2016
Subjects:	Process Improvement; Organisational Learning; Continuous Improvement; SME; Operations Management Theory.
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41337/

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