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E-commerce for SMEs: empirical insights from three countries

Jahanshahi, Asghar Afshar; Zhang, Stephen X.; Brem, … - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 20 (2013) 4, pp. 849-865

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to study the benefits that an Asian company can achieve by using e-commerce. Another objective is to identify and rank the barriers influencing the application of e-commerce by innovative small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India, Malaysia,...

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A qualitative study of innovation diffusion: the novel case of a small firm and KTP

Choudrie, Jyoti; Culkin, Nigel - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 20 (2013) 4, pp. 889-912

in an SME. Findings – From this case study various institutional actions specific to a small firm were identified as a …. This paper examines and understands the impacts of strategies used for diffusing innovations, of which the SME and KTP …

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Using organisational development and learning methods to develop resilience for sustainable futures with SMEs and micro businesses

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 … that the findings are not generalisable, and some of the challenges faced by SME business owners may be confined to … are that it gives direction for those designing support for SME/MB’s to include tried and proven OD/L interventions …

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Entrepreneurial perceptions and bias of SME exporting opportunities for manufacturing exporters

Stouraitis, Vassilios; Boonchoo, Pattana; Mior Harun, … - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 24 (2017) 4, pp. 906-927

). Practical implications Government policy and SME export strategy need to understand managerial perceptions and bias better in …

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Re-thinking SME disadvantage in public procurement

Flynn, Anthony - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 24 (2017) 4, pp. 991-1008

-assess current “one-size-fits-all” small and medium enterprise (SME) friendly policy as it is not sensitive to intra-SME differences … that SME disadvantage is less black and white than shades of grey. …

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Service development in small companies: a communication and learning process

Gottfridsson, Patrik - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 21 (2014) 3, pp. 489-504

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of how individually designed services are actually developed in small companies. Design/methodology/approach – This study focuses on a small number of enterprises over a relatively long period. The study has been using a...

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Revisiting control aversion: the role of financiers in connecting entrepreneurs to the marketplace

Silver, Lars; Lundahl, Nicolaus; Berggren, Björn - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 22 (2015) 3, pp. 417-432

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of small business entrepreneurs’ relinquishment of control aversion and the impact of their interaction with external financiers on market connection. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaires were sent to the chief...

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Perceptions of product advantage, NPD and organisational performance

Healy, Brian; Ledwith, Ann; O'Dwyer, Michele - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 21 (2014) 1, pp. 49-68

Purpose – This paper aims to extend previous studies on new product development (NPD) performance by identifying the product advantage, new product performance and organisational performance indicators that are considered by small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to be most relevant to their...

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E-commerce trading activity and the SME sector: an FSB perspective

Pickernell, David; Jones, Paul; Packham, Gary; Thomas, … - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 20 (2013) 4, pp. 866-888

a range of owner and SME typology variables. Findings – The results suggest that e-commerce is more strongly apparent in … business advice and finance to encourage e-commerce. Moreover, it was apparent that certain SME characteristics, namely …

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Strategies for marketing diamonds in China from the perspective of international diamond SMEs compared to the west

Berger, Ron; Herstein, Ram - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 22 (2015) 3, pp. 549-562

limitations/implications – Future studies should use a quantitative questionnaire with a larger set of Chinese SME diamond firms …

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