This paper assesses how the local institutional environment affects the internationalization of manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam, exploiting a multi-dimensional institutional index and large-scale enterprise data. The authors find that the internationalization...

This study investigates the mediating efect of regulatory compliance mechanisms on the association between environmental knowledge and environmental sustainability practices of manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda. This study was cross-sectional and correlational. Data...

Die Innovationsherausforderungen für Industrieunternehmen nehmen in ihrer Komplexität zu. Neben der Produktentwicklung steigen die Anforderungen an elektronische Hard- und Software, Vernetzung und Automatisierung, den Einsatz Künstlicher Intelligenz sowie Nachhaltigkeit. Diese...

This study focus upon the significant issue that how inter-organizational knowledge acquisition (IOKA) enhances the green innovation (GI) through mediating role green organizational culture (GOC) and moderating role of absorptive capacity (AC). Contextualizing manufacturing SMEs, this study...

An Industrial Cluster constitutes a strategic unit to develop industrial policies to improve sustainable competitiveness, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The objective of the research was to carry out the diagnosis of the supply chain in the tannery cluster, leather,...

An Industrial Cluster constitutes a strategic unit to develop industrial policies to improve sustainable competitiveness, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The objective of the research was to carry out the diagnosis of the supply chain in the tannery cluster, leather,...

This study focus upon the significant issue that how inter-organizational knowledge acquisition (IOKA) enhances the green innovation (GI) through mediating role green organizational culture (GOC) and moderating role of absorptive capacity (AC). Contextualizing manufacturing SMEs, this study...

Die Kooperation zwischen etablierten Unternehmen und Start-ups bietet erweiterte Möglichkeiten, Innovationen durchzuführen und die Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft voranzutreiben. Die Automobilindustrie zählt bereits zu den überdurchschnittlich innovativen Wirtschaftszweigen in Deutschland,...

Strategic networking represents firm's strategic posture to develop long-term and sustainable business relationships with the aim of focusing on core business activities and gaining additional benefits from profound coopetitional relations with various market players. The purpose of this paper...

There are various factors from empirical studies that many factors influence firm performance. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to review the impact of intellectual capital as a unidimensional factor on the performance of manufacturing SMEs operating in Malaysia. The framework was...

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sometimes introduce different types of innovation simultaneously. However, the performance implications of simultaneous innovation practices remain under-researched in the literature. Therefore, this paper explores the combined use of six types of...

Purpose It is important for an exporting manufacturer to motivate its foreign channel partners to sell and promote its products. An excellent way to motivate such foreign channel partners is to give them exclusive territories. Unfortunately, there is a lack of knowledge regarding the...

Purpose With technological innovation elements and the competitive market environment becoming increasingly complex, numerous firms utilize network embeddedness to achieve and sustain innovation. However, empirical research has not conclusively established which form of network embeddedness more...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether all the dimensions of institutional pressures matter for energy management (EM) of manufacturing small and medium enterprises using evidence from Uganda. Design/methodology/approach This study used a cross-sectional design using evidence from 195...

The study investigates the mediating role of e-commerce through organizational and environmental factors with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance. The study follows a cross-sectional survey method approach. The study's theoretical foundation is based on the resource-based view (RBV)...

SMEs are major employers in Indonesian, yet little is known about human resource management (HRM) practices that they employ. This study focused on hiring, developing, and retaining employees in manufacturing SMEs in Central Java, Indonesia in comparison to the dominant discourse on HRM in SMEs....

Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier beschreibt die verwendete Datengrundlage und erste empirische Ergebnisse zur Untersuchung des Einflusses eines Daten-Netzwerkbetriebs auf den Kooperationserfolg von Verbundgruppen. Eine detaillierte Dokumentation über Form und Ablauf der zugrundeliegenden...

The purpose of this study is to identify how open innovation variables influence the competitive capability of manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a regional territory in Southern Brazil. The research method is a survey of 67 SMEs in Southern Brazil that provided data for an...

The study investigates the mediating role of e-commerce through organizational and environmental factors with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance. The study follows a cross-sectional survey method approach. The study’s theoretical foundation is based on the resource-based view...

This study explores both the individual impact of geographical diversification and its effect combined with product diversification on small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) performance. Unlike most prior studies, this study distinguishes between related and unrelated product...

Strategic networking represents firm's strategic posture to develop long-term and sustainable business relationships with the aim of focusing on core business activities and gaining additional benefits from profound coopetitional relations with various market players. The purpose of this paper...

Strategic networking represents firm's strategic posture to develop long-term and sustainable business relationships with the aim of focusing on core business activities and gaining additional benefits from profound coopetitional relations with various market players. The purpose of this paper...