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Organization context and human resource management in the small firm
Kok, Jan M. P. de; Uhlaner, Lorraine M. - 2001
This paper examines the relationship between organization contextual variables and humanresource management (HRM … report having employer-based training programs. Aspredicted, company size is associated with more formal HRM practices … isfound between a more growth-oriented strategy and greater formality of these two HRM practices.Predictions based on …
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Measuring Human Resources : A Case Study in Small and Medium Enterprises
Anantadjaya, Samuel P. D. - 2014
The effective utilization and management on intangibilities, mainly on the firm's human resources, have proven to play a crucial role in ensuring firm's viability. Knowledge-based firms, which are mostly dominated by information technology firms, including other firms that put forth intellectual...
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SMEs and knowledge-capital formation in innovation networks : a review of literature
Laperche, Blandine; Liu, Zeting - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 2 (2013), pp. 1-16
To innovate, firms constitute a ‘knowledge-capital’, defined as a set of information and knowledge produced, acquired and used in the value creation process. In this paper, we focus on small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and study their ability to develop their own knowledge-capital as...
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The scientific output of a database on commercialized patents
Svensson, Roger - 2020
The purpose of this study is to present a unique database on commercialized patents and to illustrate how it can be used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset is based on a survey of Swedish patents owned by inventors and small firms with a remarkably high response...
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Data analytics in SMEs : trends and policies
Bianchini, Marco; Michalkova, Veronika - 2019
The report contextualises the role of data analytics in the ongoing digital revolution and its potential for SME performance, including for enhancing SME productivity. It presents evidence on the use of data analytics in SMEs, discusses main internal and external barriers to the use of data...
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Analysis of the innovation process within Italian SMEs
Calabrese, Giuseppe; Coccia, Mario; Rolfo, Secondo - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2002
The industrial structure of many European countries is dominated by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Although SMEs consider the new product development process fundamental for the success in the global market, the level of formalisation of the innovation process is very low (Slywotzky et...
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The Value of Sustainable Knowledge Transfer Methods for SMEs, Utilizing Socio-Technical Networks and Complex Systems
Nousala, Susu; Jamsai-Whyte, Suthida - 2011
This paper will examine the development of sustainable SME methods for tracking tacit (informal) knowledge transfer as a series of networks of larger complex system. Understanding sustainable systems begins with valuing tacit knowledge networks and their ability to produce connections on...
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The Value of Information in Competitive Markets : The Impact of Big Data on Small and Medium Enterprises
Galdon-Sanchez, Jose E.; Gil, Ricard; Uriz Uharte, Guillermo - 2022
In this paper, we empirically investigate how the performance and decision-making of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) change when gaining access to strategically valuable market information. To do so, we evaluate the impact of an unprecedented Big Data information-sharing service...
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Small firm innovation performance and employee involvement
Andries, Petra; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2012
It is known that small firms rely mainly on the CEO’s individual knowledge for developing innovations. Recent work suggests that this approach is inefficient since it underutilizes other employees’ knowledge. We study to which extent using CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees’ ideas...
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The dynamics of resource allocation in research organizations
Filson, Darren - 2000
As a first step towards understanding the evolution of small groups in firms, this paper develops and tests a simple decision-theoretical model of research-unit evolution in which, as managers resolve their uncertainty over time, they shut down under-performing units and remove under-performing...
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