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Relational capital and strategic orientations as antecedents of innovation: Evidence from Mexican SMEs
Ramírez-Solis, Edgar R.; Llonch-Andreu, Joan; … - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-19
target sample included 360 Mexican SMEs who completed a pen-and-pencil questionnaire conducted at the four main cities of … and innovation. As expected, innovation positively influenced the performance of SMEs. This study offers essential … innovation for SMEs. …
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Strategic Innovation and Technology Adoption in an Evolving Industry
Filson, Darren; Gretz, Richard T. - 2003
We introduce a racing model with multiple product generations, product innovation, spin-outs, and licensing. Industry conditions and innovation characteristics affect who wins the race and who markets the resulting product. Small firms market their innovations when they pioneer a new generation...
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Hierarchies, the Small Firm Effect, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Swedish Microdata
Tåg, Joacim; Åstebro, Thomas; Thompson, Peter - 2013
We explore whether the tendency for smaller firms to have fewer hierarchical layers explains the well-documented inverse correlation between firm size and the rate at which employees become business owners. Our analysis is based on a Swedish matched employer-employee dataset. Conditional on firm...
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Experience and Entrepreneurship
Rider, Christopher I.; Thompson, Peter; Kacperczyk, … - 2013
We document in two very different datasets an inverted U-shaped relationship between work experience and entrepreneurship among movers. The first dataset consists of 1,248, U.S. lawyers who were forced to seek alternative employment after the sudden dissolutions of their employers. The second...
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Factors affecting the choice of Islamic banking by SMEs in Pakistan: Implications for Islamic banks' corporate governance
Bilal, Muhammad; Fatima, Samza; Ishtiaq, Muhammad; … - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 14 (2020) 1, pp. 255-272
Government of Pakistan has been playing an important role in promoting the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and improving … to analyzethe factors which influence the adoption of Islamic banking among SMEs in Pakistan. In this regard, 400 … and subjective norms on the use of Islamic banking among SMEs in Pakistan. The results of this study show a positive …
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Succession planning, strategic flexibility as predictors of business sustainability in family-owned SMEs: Moderating role of organization improvisation
Bokhari, Ijaz Hussain; Muhammad, Armanurah Binti; … - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 14 (2020) 1, pp. 368-387
The objective of the current study is to test the impact of succession planning (cognitive, structural, and relational ties), strategic flexibility, and organizational improvisation towards the business sustainability considering the triple bottom line as underpinning theory. The survey method...
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Mainstreaming SMEs: Promoting inclusive growth in APEC
Medalla, Erlinda M.; Mantaring, Melalyn C. - 2017
within APEC would not only engender inclusive growth but also enable SMEs to become drivers of growth for the domestic, as … existing APEC SME activities in the region. It also offers recommendations on how the APEC can further mainstream SMEs in the …
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Suppliers of multinationals and the forced linkage effect: Evidence from firm level data
Godart, Olivier N.; Görg, Holger - 2013
Using information on more than 1000 firms in a number of emerging countries, we find quantitative evidence that suppliers of multinationals that are pressured by their customers to reduce production costs or develop new products have higher productivity growth than other firms, including other...
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Multinational firms, exclusivity, and the degree of backward linkages
Lin, Ping; Saggi, Kamal - 2005
This paper develops a two-tier oligopoly model in which the entry of a multinational firm results in technology transfer to its local suppliers and also impacts the degree of backward linkages in the local industry. The model endogenizes the multinational's choice between anonymous market...
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The Impact Of Fdi On Firm Survival And Employment: A Comparative Analysis For Turkey And Italy
Ferragina, Anna Maria; Mazzotta, Fernanda; Taymaz, Erol; … - 2013
Using firm level data on Italian and Turkish manufacturing industries we investigate the differences in survival patterns of foreign owned and domestic firms testing the hypothesis of foreign multinational enterprises (FMNEs) ?foot-loose? behavior (in line with seminal studies such as Görg and...
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