Purpose This study aims to improve productivity and customer satisfaction through lean
manufacturing for metals and engineering industries. Its aims also to understand the concept …

Why is there so little industry in Africa? Over the past forty years, industry and business
interests have moved increasingly from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa's …

Despite that reviews have been done in intellectual capital and the performance of firms,
their status has remained uncertain in the emerging economy. Previous studies have …

Purpose Lean manufacturing (LM) practices and tools are among the key concepts that
assist managers and engineers sustain competitiveness in an expanding global market. The …

Purpose Non-value adding activities or wastes in the lean term have been the major
challenge of the construction industry. Numerous studies have been conducted to …

This paper evaluates the effect of intellectual capital (IC) on firm financial performance in the
service sector in an emerging country, Vietnam. This research is dissimilar from earlier ones …

This paper examines theoretical and methodological issues in the study of African
developmental states. We argue that applying this concept beyond East Asia must take into …

Weak institutions, endemic market failures and low trust permeate the Tanzanian business
environment. Nevertheless, some local enterprises overcome these challenges. Based on …

The study investigates the Tanzania manufacturing sector's growth with a view to provide
empirical lessons from macroeconomic factors with limited political regimes reflections. A …

Industrialization is back at the top of the development agenda. At the global level,
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) place high priority on the objective to 'build resilient …