Aim of the paper Entrepreneurship is recognized as an engine of both economic growth and development (Audretsch & al, 2006). Such growth results in social and cultural change as new companies and industries are created and have their impact. Women entrepreneurs contribute greatly to this dynamic...

Les femmes entrepreneurs vivent la croissance différemment. Contrairement à une vision plus traditionnelle de l'entrepreneuriat féminin, notre étude porte sur l’hypothèse selon laquelle certaines femmes entrepreneures cherchent délibérément la croissance. A partir de cette hypothèse,...

The question of financing innovative small business is determinant in the current context. Giving the share that they represent in the market, they contribute to increase productivity of the economy. The problems of financing the SME’s are related to the almost intangible specificity of their...

Thanks to the advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs), virtual teams have become a reality in an increasing number of companies. Despite the advantages they provide, these teams trigger some concerns about the lack and even the absence of face-to-face communication and...

The concept of global performance is used in managerial literature in order to assess companies' implementation of sustainable development. It refers to an holistic conception of performance. In this this paper we intend to confront the theoretical representation of a balanced integration of...

This research has the objective of investigating whether the alignment of IT, with strategy (particularly partnership strategy or collaboration practice) and organizational structure of a SME, could have a determinant influence on its performance. We constructed a model and test it empirically...

The recent period has highlighted a well-known phenomenon, namely the existence of a positive bias in experts’ anticipations. Literature on this subject underlines optimism in the financial analyst community. In this work, our significant contributions are twofold: we provide explanatory bias...