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The impact of networking on firm performance : evidence from small and medium-sized firms in emerging technology areas
Kalm, Matias - 2012
causality between activity in co-operational relationships and firm growth, this study seeks to empirically address the … following research question: 'How does activity in network relationships influence the growth and internationalisation of … between activity in co-operational relationships and firm growth or internationalisation. Firm growth is measured with both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009583076
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The relationships between technological turbulence, flow experience, innovation performance and small firm growth
Gomezel, Alenka Slavec; Aleksić, Darija - In: Journal of business economics and management 21 (2020) 3, pp. 760-782
The main objective of the paper is to address the question of how to foster innovation and small firm growth under … different levels of technological turbulence, flow experience, innovation and small firm growth (i.e. market share and ROI … growth). The underlying premise of our research is that there are substantial differences in low and high technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270437
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Individual Entrepreneurship Capacity and Performance of SMEs
Leitão, João; Franco, Mário - 2008
This paper analyses the importance of human capital and organizational capital on the determination of SME's performance, by proposing and testing a conceptual model about Individual Entrepreneurship Capacity, and its impact both on non-economic and economic performance. This constitutes an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218995
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Development of a business model resilience framework for managers and strategic decision-makers
Radic, Marija; Herrmann, P.; Haberland, P.; Riese, Carla R. - In: Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research (SBUR) 74 (2022) 4, pp. 575-601
Following the massive impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy and on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular, the concept of resilience has experienced a renaissance. As an organizational concept, business model resilience describes the extent to which an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495318
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Networks and product innovation across European SMEs
Behncke, Nadine - 2015
This paper analyzes the effect of different cooperation forms on innovation in small and medium enterprises in Belgium, Germany, Portugal and Spain using Community Innovation Survey data from 2008. We find that vertical cooperation and knowledge cooperation increases the probability to introduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010471726
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Competitive Strategies for Unorganised Retail Business : Understanding Structure, Operations, and Profitability of Small Mom and Pop Stores in India
Sangvikar, Balkrishnan - 2020
stores do not use any technology or maintain processes in their businesses. However, they have a huge potential for growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844356
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Spillovers to Small Business Credit Risk
Bams, Dennis - 2018
Do large credit risk shocks spillover to small businesses and affect their real economic activity? Using information on small business credit risk, we find that small businesses experience increased default and bankruptcy rates following a shock to a customer industry. On an industry level, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938260
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The Dynamics of SME - Large Business Linkages : Findings from Six Cases
Barbin, Eloisa - 2017
Recent literature identifies linkages with large firms as some of the enablers of small and medium enterprise (SME) development and competitiveness. This study explores the types of linkages that SMEs located in Metro Manila have forged with large firms, including how these linkages started,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941616
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Domestic Business-to-Business Relationships and the Internationalization of SMEs : Evidence from Switzerland
Beier, Michael - 2016
Relationships and networks are commonly understood to play an important role in firms' internationalization. With this proposition in mind, this paper investigates the link between domestic business-to-business ties and firm internationalization in a sample of 502 small and medium-sized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013006541
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Development of a business model resilience framework for managers and strategic decision-makers
Radic, Marija; Herrmann, P.; Haberland, P.; Riese, Carla R. - In: Schmalenbach journal of business research : SBUR 74 (2022) 4, pp. 575-601
Following the massive impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy and on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular, the concept of resilience has experienced a renaissance. As an organizational concept, business model resilience describes the extent to which an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014325003