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Social media: open innovation in SMEs finds new support

Hitchen, Emma L.; Nylund, Petra A.; Ferràs, Xavier; … - In: Journal of Business Strategy 38 (2017) 3, pp. 21-29

Purpose The exchange of knowledge in social networks is fundamental to innovation. Open, interactive, innovation requires collaboration through social networks. This social networking is increasingly carried out across the Internet through social media applications. The purpose of this study is...

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Using organisational development and learning methods to develop resilience for sustainable futures with SMEs and micro businesses : The case of the “business alliance”

Gray, Dee; Jones, Katherine Fiona - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 23 (2016) 2, pp. 474-494

learning (OD/L) programme for small and medium-sized enterprise’s (SME’s) and micro businesses (MB) to contribute towards … immediate positive effect on business owners and long term effect in relation to business confidence, clarity, and action … that the findings are not generalisable, and some of the challenges faced by SME business owners may be confined to …

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Motive für CSR bei klein- und mittelständischen Reiseveranstaltern in Deutschland

Harms, Geeske; Neumann, Michael; Clemens, Olav - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 11 (2019) 3, pp. 429-436

Zusammenfassung Die CSR-Forschung hat unterschiedliche Arten von Motiven für die Übernahme sozialer Verantwortung in den Unternehmen herausgearbeitet. Allerdings wurde dabei bisher kaum Aufmerksamkeit auf das CSR in klein- und mittelständischen touristischen Unternehmen gelegt. Der...

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Arbeitshandeln und der digitale Wandel von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen : Die Rolle des Menschen und die Grenzen der Formalisierung 4.0

Huchler, Norbert; Rhein, Philipp - In: Arbeit 26 (2017) 3-4, pp. 287-314

Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag geht von der These aus, dass die technikgetriebenen Leitbilder des digitalen Wandels, wie sie im Zusammenhang der Vision „Industrie 4.0“ vertreten werden, die Potenziale des menschlichen Arbeitshandelns nicht bzw. nicht ausreichend berücksichtigen. Im Unterschied...

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Employment and Investment of the West German Industry 1968-1998. A Descriptive Analysis / Beschäftigung und Investitionen in der westdeutschen Industrie 1968-1998. Eine deskriptive Untersuchung

Kirchesch, Kai - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 473-490

Summary Small and medium-sized enterprises are considered to be the principal generator of new jobs in the industrialised countries at least since the Birch (1979) study. According to this image, they are also stabilising the economy during the business cycles because of the lower volatility of...

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An Empirical Investigation of German Firms’ Financial Structure and Ensuing Risks / Finanzierungsstruktur und Risiken im Unternehmenssektor der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme

Größl, Ingrid; Stahlecker, Peter; Wohlers, Eckhardt - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 491-529

Summary This paper focuses on the question whether West German firms have experienced an increase in their financial risk position with due implications for the macroeconomy. The investigation is based on a special evaluation of the balance sheet statistics by the Deutsche Bundesbank broken down...

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Is There a Size Gap in Corporate Leverage?. A European Comparison / Gibt es eine Kluft im Leverage europäischer Unternehmen?. Ein europäischer Vergleich

Coeurderoy, Régis - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 672-688

Summary The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate corporate debt ratios by size classes in Continental Europe. Evidence is given on a sample of firms in manufacturing industry for ten European countries, all of them being in Euroland apart from Denmark (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,...

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The interplay of production commercialisation and specialization : An empirical study on Chinese smallholders

Li, Lihua; Varua, Maria Estela; Komarek, Adam M.; … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 4, pp. 504-521

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the endogenous relationship between production specialisation and market commercialisation with an empirical study of farmers in Northwest China. Design/methodology/approach The three-stage least squares were used to address simultaneity and...

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Relationally integrated value networks (RIVANS) for total facilities management (TFM)

De Silva, Nayanthara; Weerasinghe, R.P.N.P.; … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 7 (2017) 3, pp. 313-329

Purpose A case is made for developing “Relationally Integrated Value Networks for Total Facilities Management” (RIVANS-TFM) by synergistically connecting significant stakeholders of the project management (PM) and facilities management (FM) phases to deliver substantially better value for...

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A methodology for the semantic and structural restructuring of BPMN models

Khlif, Wiem; Ben-Abdallah, Hanêne; Ben Ayed, … - In: Business Process Management Journal 23 (2017) 1, pp. 16-46

Purpose Restructuring a business process (BP) model may enhance the BP performance and improve its understandability. So-far proposed restructuring methods use either refactoring which focuses on structural aspects, social network discovery which uses semantic information to guide the...

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