This study empirically investigated how small and medium-sized Chinese apparel enterprises (SME) formed their strategy as a response to the characteristics of business environment in order to achieve competitive business performance. An environment-strategy-performance model was proposed and...

Knowledge economy is based on the existence and development of small businesses and how their development modalities should be focused on innovation, creativity, competitiveness, entrepreneurial culture, accumulation and use of knowledge, organizational intelligence, cooperation and...

The purpose of this study is to gather information about the use of ICTs among SMEs by firm size and industry sector and to determine the factors, which are related to the development created by the effective and efficient use of ICTs. In order to study the wide range of ICTs, they are separated...

Past research has revealed that knowledge integration is an important prerequisite for the success of new product development. For this reason, companies deploy a number of formal mechanisms to foster integration across multiple functions and hierarchical levels. In many SMEs, however, such...

To survive and achieve to develop their activities in an increasingly competitive environment, small and medium sized enterprises have to increase their competitiveness and, progressively, reduce their operational cost. It is necessary to develop a flexible and unique management system for these...

This paper examines the relationship between the psychic distance of decision makers in SMEs from specific foreign markets and their interest in cooperation with companies from those countries. Based on a review of the literature and a qualitative empirical study among entrepreneurs in the...

The business success of an economic entity largely depends on the funding politics they adopt, during which there is a need to identify those funding sources to ensure both the expected profit and the maximization of the value of the entity. In this respect, our scientific approach is in line...

This study sums up a circumstances related to motivation of SMEs for internationalization process. It provides overview of certain essential areas like European Charter for Small Enterprises, Legislation harmonization etc. The article also provides insights in the ICT sphere as opportunity for...

This paper examines the results of a case study analysis carried out on five small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the furnishing sector of an Italian province. The aim of the study was to analyze which kind of strategies SMEs are adopting in order to face the economic crisis...

The paper examines the factors affecting entrepreneurial orientation as risk-taking for the internationalization of SMEs (micro, small and medium-sized enterprises). Specifically, this research extends the literature streams by empirically testing the relationships among entrepreneurial...