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What role did management practices play in SME growth post-recession?
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2016
, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature … on SME growth by analysing longitudinal administrative data on firms' employment and turnover, taken from the UK … turnover, and a decline in closure probabilities, over the period 2011-2014. The findings suggest SME investment in off …
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The impact of management practices on SME performance
Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018
We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use...
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When does HRM 'work' in small British enterprises?
White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2016
Using nationally representative workplace data we find substantial use of high-performance work systems (HPWS) in Britain's small enterprises. We find empirical support for the proposition that HPWS have a non-linear association with employees' overall job attitude, with a positive association...
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HRM and small-firm employee motivation : before and after the recession
Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - 2017
A long-running debate in the small firms' literature questions the value of formal 'human resource management' (HRM) practices which have been linked to high performance in larger firms. We contribute to this literature by exploiting linked employer-employee surveys for 2004 and 2011. Using...
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Market characteristics, intra-firm coordination, and the choice of human resource management systems : evidence from new Japanese data
Kato, Takao (contributor); Ōwan, Hideo (contributor) - 2007
This paper explores theoretically and empirically potentially important yet often-neglected linkage between task coordination within the organization and the structure of organization and bundling of HRMPs (Human Resource Management Practices). In so doing, we also provide fresh insights on the...
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HRM practices and performance of family-run workplaces : evidence from the 2004 WERS
Siebert, William S.; Peng, Fei; Maimaiti, Yasheng - 2011
This paper analyses HRM practices of family-run workplaces using the 2004 WERS. Family-ownership and management within workplaces in the corporate sector is our focus. This family-run group represents nationally about 26% of workplaces and 14% of employment. We find that employees in this group...
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The diversity of personnel practices and firm performance
Martins, Pedro S. - 2016
Personnel economics tends be based on single-firm case studies. Here we examine the personnel practices of nearly 5,000 firms, over a period of 20 years, using detailed matched employer-employee panel data from Portugal. In the spirit of Baker et al. (1994a,b), we consider different dimensions...
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The effect of credit guarantees on R&D investment of SMEs in Korea
Heshmati, Almas - 2013
Korean government has invested significant amount of resources through credit guarantee funds to promote SMEs survival, performance and R&D investment. This study attempts to identify determinants of provision of credit guarantees and estimate their effects on firms R&D expenditures. The...
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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
Mel, Suresh de; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2009
Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...
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Job creation by firms in Denmark
Ibsen, Rikke; Westergård-Nielsen, Niels C. - 2011
In this paper we will look at job creation and destruction in firms. We will answer the question if it is the large companies that create jobs, while the smaller companies are contributing much less. Or is it the young companies that create jobs? And who destroys the most jobs? In the crisis...
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