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Taiwan's textile and clothing SME response to globalization

Chen, J.; Parker, D. - 2007

A mixed-method research approach underpinned exploration of antecedents of strategies adopted by Taiwanese small mediumsized enterprises in the clothing and textiles industry to counter the negative economic effect of globalisation and the increasing competitive threat of lower-cost Chinese...

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Industrial revolution - industry 4.0: Are German manufacturing SMEs the first victims of this revolution?

Sommer, Lutz - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 8 (2015) 5, pp. 1512-1532

company size. This deepens the knowledge in adaption deficits German SME still have and opens different approaches for further …

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Investing in lean to improve basic capabilities: A strategy for system supply?

Carlsson, Inga-Lill; Aronsson, Håkan - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 10 (2017) 1, pp. 28-48

Purpose: This paper describes the perceived effects of implementing lean production in a Swedish SME contract …/methodology/approach: SME suppliers need basic capabilities of qualitative production performance which may then be stepping-stones to develop … flexibility. This is a longitudinal single case study of a SME supplier striving to become a system supplier. Two main sources of …

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Capital allocation, credit access, and firm growth in Viet Nam

Kinghan, Christina; Newman, Carol; O'Toole, Conor - 2018

allocation in Viet Nam over the period 2005-2015. Using data from the UNU-WIDER Viet Nam SME survey, we test whether firms with …

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Pecuniary returns to working conditions in Viet Nam

Nordman, Christophe J.; Sharma, Smriti - 2018

Using matched worker-firm data from three waves of the Viet Nam Small and Medium Enterprises data, we examine whether workers are compensated with higher wages for working in vulnerable jobs and unfavourable working conditions. Wage equations indicate that there are no clear compensating...

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Certification and business risk

Trifković, Neda - 2018

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the scope for international private standards to play a role in reducing business risk. Business risk is measured as variability in revenue, customer base, informal payments, and temporary firm closure. The results show lower levels of business risk...

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Financial inclusion, financial literacy, and financial education in Azerbaijan

Ibadoghlu, Gubad - 2018

This paper discusses the status of financial inclusion, education, and literacy in Azerbaijan as well as measures to foster the development of SMEs, which currently have inadequate access to financial resources. The primary policy challenge faced by the government of Azerbaijan is defining its...

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The board structure and firm performance in SMEs: Evidence from Spain

Arosa, Blanca; Iturralde, Txomin; Maseda, Amaia - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 19 (2013) 3, pp. 127-135

The aim is to analyse the efficiency of the board of directors as a corporate governance mechanism. For this purpose, we examine the effect of board composition, size, activity, leadership structure and CEO tenure on firm performance. To test our hypothesis we use a sample of 307 Spanish SMEs,...

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Digitalisierungskompetenzen in der Führungsebene im Mittelstand

Bijedić, Teita; Paschke, Max; Pasing, Philipp; … - 2018

competencies important for a leader of a digitized or digitizing company, while leaders of small and medium sized companies (SME …) have a more focussed view: Leaders of SME involved in services and manufacturing favour soft skills over IT competencies …, while leaders of SME which are focussing on hand-craft favour IT skills and self-competences over social skills. Based on …

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The Role of the Government in Entrepreneurship Development: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dzafic, Zijad; Babajic, Amra - In: Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business 14 (2016) 1, pp. 68-79

SME sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as a transition country may play an important role in the process of economic …) attitudes of entrepreneurs in the private sector towards the role of government in SME development through provision of … government sector towards the role of government in SME development through the provision of assistance to SMEs in BiH. The paper …

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