Owner-managers make decisions and manage their firm as governed by the manner in which they conceptualize or ‘conceive’ performance for themselves and their firm, rather than being governed by researchers' and experts' conceptualizations of small business performance. On the basis of survey...

The entrepreneurship literature teaches us that the aspirations and competence of SME owner-managers as well as their strategic management behaviour can influence both the development and performance of their firm. However the research issues that surround the owner-manager's business venturing...

Ayant modifié en profondeur l'environnement d'affaires, la mondialisation amène bon nombre de petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) québécoises, et plus particulièrement celles du secteur manufacturier, à devoir s'engager dans un processus d'internationalisation. Il s'avère cependant que...

De nos jours, l’économie mondiale oblige les entreprises des pays développés à subir un processus de restructuration. Dans ce contexte, les entreprises industrielles se doivent de collaborer avec le secteur des services afin d’améliorer leur compétitivité. En effet, les PME de...

In a now global knowledge-based economy, the strategic intent of manufacturing SMEs is manifested by the development of strategic capabilities not only for product and market development, but also for the development of their network, technological and human resources. This paper presents the...

The goal of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the factors that determine the risk premium on bank lines of credit obtained by SMEs, and whether firm size, which may be used by banks to segment their client base, also has an impact on credit costs. An analysis of data from 406 SMEs...

L'information issue des états financiers a constitué, traditionnellement, la base des différents systèmes d'évaluation de la performance, mais leur utilité est contestée. À cet égard, nous regardons les liens entre les mesures financières et non financières, et voyons si ces liens se...

Unlike other types of finance providers, the contribution made by venture capitalists (VCs) to the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) they back is not strictly financial in nature. Because they have a stake in the firms' profits and losses, they often play an active role as investors, for...

The impacts of information technology on business performance has been a focus of research in recent years. In this regard, contingency models based on the notion of "fit" between the organization's management of IT, its environment, strategy, and structure seem to show promise. Six perspectives...

A field study of 33 Canadian and Belgian travel agencies has allowed us to identify various factors determining the use and advantages obtained of global distribution systems (GDS) in the tourism industry. These systems include Galileo (13 agencies), Sabre (12), Worldspan (6) and Amadeus (2)....