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Pérez-Bustamante, G., Marques, C., Jalali, M. & Ferreira, F. (2015). Continuous Training in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: An Industrial Case Analysis. 2015 BAI International Conference.

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	author = "Pérez-Bustamante, G. and Marques, C. and Jalali, M. and Ferreira, F.",
	title = "Continuous Training in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: An Industrial Case Analysis",
	year = "2015",
	howpublished = "Both (printed and digital)",
	url = "http://ibac-conference.org/BAI2015/"
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Continuous Training in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: An Industrial Case Analysis
T2  - 2015 BAI International Conference
AU  - Pérez-Bustamante, G.
AU  - Marques, C.
AU  - Jalali, M.
AU  - Ferreira, F.
PY  - 2015
CY  - Macau
UR  - http://ibac-conference.org/BAI2015/
AB  - In the current competitive environment, great emphasis is placed on the knowledge and
skills of the workforce as important elements in achieving organizational goals. As this focus
on employee skills has increased, so have organizational programs and initiatives to ensure that
the training in place to develop those skills is not sporadic, but rather part of a continuous effort
towards keeping employee skills up to date. It becomes fundamental, in this context, to
understand such programs and evaluate their impact, both within companies and externally, in
terms of their decision making and business results. This paper aims to do that, through a study
of the work-related training practices of industrial firms in the Northern-Spanish region of
Asturias. In addition, it creates a new variable – training intensity – and examines its impact on
the planning, execution and evaluation of training programs in these firms. Among other
findings, our study confirms that training-intensive firms have a more defined strategic
approach to the market and are generally more conscious of business competition than their
non-training-intensive competitors. Implications for management are also presented herein.
ER  -