1. Crisis management – From a theoretical point of view -- 2. Crisis management Practices in Small and Medium-sized Firms -- 3. Crisis: A Philosophical Insight -- 4. Managing crisis in SMEs -- 5. Crisis management and leadership: A search for competencies in SMEs -- 6. Crisis management from...

This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on profits among micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Lagos, Nigeria. Higher risk perceptions are shown to have a significant positive effect on profits, whereas risk propensity has a negative or no effect. Education, age, being...

Financial distress by definition threatens a company's viability. Entrepreneurial and start-up entities are particularly vulnerable to this threat. Yet, much of the discussion following the recent recession focuses almost exclusively on financial institutions and "too-big-to-fail" entities. This...

The article aims to identify disparities in the perception of business risks between the owners and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the V4 countries. The statements of strategic, market, personnel, legal and operational risks are the research's subject. Disparities of...

Despite the great interest that the concept of Supply Chain Resilience (SCR) has received over the past few years, empirical research examining its antecedents still limited, especially, in the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries, like Yemen. Based on the...

"This book will focus on different conceptions of performance: individual, team, and organizational performance; success, rebounding, well-being, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction by presenting concepts in relation to resilience, new conceptual frameworks and new methodological approaches"--