The main goal of this research is to study the impact of uncertainty on export performance, from a resource-based perspective. Despite the ample research on how economies behave during periods of high uncertainty, there is still a poor understanding of how this affects smaller sectors,...

Infolge der Neuen Leipzig Charta 2020 und des allgemeinen Wandels hin zur Dienstleistungsgesellschaft gewinnt die kleingewerbliche Wirtschaftsstruktur in Städten wieder deutlich an Relevanz. Unter dem Konzept der "Produktiven Stadt" soll das Kleingewerbe in die bestehenden verschiedenen...

Leadership has become a complex, difficult subject with various facets for organisations, as it involves challenges regarding the best style for leaders to adopt. This study aims to analyse how the different leadership styles, presented throughout the various stages of the entrepreneurial...

The owners of SMEs in Vietnam mainly focus on business performance in the short term. In recent years, FDI firms have demonstrated interest in both business efficiency and sustainable development. These issues have attracted the attention of scientists and policy makers in Vietnam. Therefore,...

This paper analyses the effect of innovation on the performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mediates this relationship. In order to evaluate our assumptions, a partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) was applied to a...

Wenn in empirischen Studien nach der Arbeitszufriedenheit gefragt wird, dann zielen die verwen-deten Fragen in aller Regel auf die gesamthafte Beurteilung der Arbeitssituation und nicht etwa auf das mit der Arbeitstätigkeit verbundene Gefühlserleben. Um letzteres geht es im vorliegenden...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine disrupted a V-shaped economic post-pandemic recovery in Central and West Asia. It affected global supply chains and slowed the region's growth momentum while adding inflationary pressures. Private businesses were adversely affected by the impact of the invasion...

Effective supply chain management (SCM) has become a potentially valuable way to secure competitive advantage and improve organizational performance because competition is no longer between organizations but between supply chains. This study examines the relationship between the influence of SCM...

The digital divide marked the separation of rural area and economic activities for years yet as the present study and the project it cites (WiseFarmer) reveals it no longer stands and acts as a limitation in Europe and developed countries while it still represents a major road-block for the...

Small businesses have a very important role in the Indonesian economy. This is because their potential is very large in moving the Indonesian economy, and at the same time can be a source of income for most people in improving their welfare. In addition, small businesses can also help in...

Even though modern business intelligence (BI) tools can be very beneficial for project management (PM) to ensure strategic decision-making on projects, their usage is spreading very slowly. Considering the limited sources of SMEs, which have a majority representation in the EU, the usage of...

Cloud Computing (CC) has emerged as one of the most discussed topics among enterprise information technology (IT) professionals. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with low budget and human resources are one of the major groups that tend to use CC for achieving the benefit of this technology. A...

In this study, we develop a model that explains the value of social media in innovation processes where technological focus and abilities are converted into product innovations. We test our model in a survey of 305 manufacturing SMEs. Findings show that increased technological orientation (TO)...

Recent research says 20 percent of Korean manufacturers are stalled-growth small and medium enterprises (SMEs), or companies that have been business for at least 20 years but have under 50 employees, with market factors causing 65 percent of such stagnation and the businesses themselves 35...

This study explores how to promote bilateral industrial cooperation between Korea and Ethiopia centered on bilateral trade and investment. This research focuses particularly on industrial cooperation between the Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of the two countries. This research was initiated...

As the COVID-19 pandemic transitions to an endemic phase worldwide, the expansion of e-commerce exports is likely to continue. The strategic advantages of e-commerce exports can be leveraged to boost exports for SMEs. Promoting e-commerce exports for policy purposes requires policy development...

The electricity supply in Indonesia is believed to be inefficient and this was indicated by the increase in the Cost of Generation Provision (CGP) in the 2016-2021 period. There are also approximately 30 Gas Power Plants/Gas Engine Power Plants using HSD fuel which costs 38% more than LNG. It...

The fast-changing scenario emerged with the COVID-19 pandemic pushed firms to operate in an uncharted territory. Firms had to adapt quickly to survive in an unpredictable market. Based on a quantitative survey, the study aims at assessing how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) responded...

We study the problem of an organization that has a large number of potential tasks and has to choose which tasks to handle and which pair of experts assign to each of them. We propose a mechanism that generates a Pareto-efficient assignment in the weak core and is group strategy-proof. The...

In the 21st century, small and medium service firms face difficulty sustaining their performance. Additionally, the literature on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in SMEs is scarce. Moreover, the role of cost leadership strategy as a mediator lacks researchers' attention. Therefore, this...

Building on theories of Corporate Sustainability, Triple Bottom Line, and Natural Resource-Based View, this study aims to predict the positive relationship between green transformational leadership, green human resource management practices, and employees' green behavior. It applies a...

Latin American SMEs currently have serious financial and technological limitations. These problems have generated poor progress in technological digitization, innovation management, and corporate performance. The purpose of this research is to first analyze the direct effect that digitalization...

The significant role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the growth of the economy has been well-documented in the past few decades. Studies in literature have focused on the reasons behind the trade credit offerings and acceptance of SMEs, but empirical findings revealing the positive...

This study examines the relationship between access to finance and growth in sales for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Iran. Using data from 486 firms in five provinces, our findings indicate that external financing positively impacts sales growth for MSMEs. The results suggest...

Many academic studies have focused on exploring various interactions between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm performance, where, in general, the findings confirmed their existence to be of positive character. However, many authors indicated a need to further test the possibilities...

The beneficial relationship of entrepreneurial orientation with performance has been extensively acknowledged in the literature. However, empirical evidence is not straightforward and requires consideration of the interplay of different variables, context, and rationales through which this...

The adoption of models based on key performance indicators to diagnose and evaluate the competitiveness of companies has been presented as a trend in the operations' management. These models are structured with different variables in complex interrelationships, making diagnosis and monitoring...

This study explores the most significant changes experienced by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reveals the SMEs' strategies to survive and prosper amid the crisis. These actions are becoming increasingly invaluable and crucial for...