the small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME). Design/methodology/approach – This study used an abductive research process …, supported by theoretical insights from a literature review, and empirical evidence from a multiple-case study. Six SME case … innovation in the b-to-b and SME context framing the phenomenon in service logic. Tackling the questions is a precondition for …

-sized enterprise (SME) environment. The purpose of this study is to investigate determinants of SME demand for business advice, drawing … accountants to their SME clients. In particular, the paper highlights the importance of the combined roles that the external … accountant’s competence and tenure play in the SME–accountant relationship, highlighting how these two factors can overcome …

carried out at the Vara plant, a manufacturing SME with well-developed communication of performance measures. The case study …

(SA) 8000 certification process. The paper is based on a case study within a multinational small–medium enterprise (SME … the main actors of the certification process: the owner-manager of the SME and the certification manager. We collected … clearly the tensions existing between the CSR representation based on a social standard and the CSR representation of SME …

downscaled. One meta-capability (strategic sensitivity) is less natural and therefore more critical for an SME. An additional …