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What role did management practices play in SME growth post-recession?
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2016
, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature … on SME growth by analysing longitudinal administrative data on firms' employment and turnover, taken from the UK … turnover, and a decline in closure probabilities, over the period 2011-2014. The findings suggest SME investment in off …
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The influence of human resources competency management on the business success of small and medium enterprises
Klepić, Iva - In: Naše gospodarstvo : NG 68 (2022) 4, pp. 12-27
The success of the organization is based on the quality of human resources, their competencies, motivation, loyalty, and their business results. The basic aim of this research is to determine whether and to what extent human resources competency management influences the business success of...
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The Impact of Management Practices on SME Performance
Forth, John - 2018
We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923226
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The impact of management practices on SME performance
Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018
We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814913
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Strategic resources, a driver of performance in small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Kenya
Murimi, Muturi Moses; Ombaka, Beatrice Elesani; … - In: International journal of business and economic sciences … 14 (2021) 2, pp. 43-57
Purpose: This study sought to establish the effect of strategic resources on performance of small and medium manufacturing enterprises. Specifically, the study sought to identify how financial resources, human resources, physical resources and intellectual capital affect performance of small and...
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Managerial ties, business model innovation & SME performance : moderating role of environmental turbulence
Bashir, Makhmoor; Alfalih, Abdulaziz Abdulmohsen; … - In: Journal of innovation & knowledge : JIK 8 (2023) 1, pp. 1-12
. Results, however, do not confirm the moderating role of environmental turbulence. The study brings into perspective that SME …
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How small printing firms alleviate impact of pandemic crisis? : identifying configurations of successful strategies with fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
Suder, Marcin; Kusa, Rafał; Duda, Joanna; Dunska, Margarita - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 10 (2022) 2, pp. 61-80
Objective: The objective of this article is to identify strategies that can help small firms alleviate the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis. We test six strategies (namely, entrepreneurial, market penetration, market development, product development, diversification, and cooperation). In...
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Entrepreneurial orientation, strategic networking, and Croatian SMEs performance : a configurational approach
Milovanović, Bojan Morić; Bubaš, Zoran; Mikić, Mihaela - In: Business systems research : a system view accross … 12 (2021) 2, pp. 236-252
Background: Many studies on entrepreneurship indicate an affirmative entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and small firm performance interrelationship. However, the empirical results are inconclusive, especially when firms face certain contingencies. Objectives: Strategic networking and...
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Digital transformation : challenges for human resources management
Barišić, Anton Florijan; Barišić, Joanna Rybacka; … - In: Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch … 7 (2021) 1, pp. 357-366
The global economic situation and need to be better prepared for competitive challenges put pressure on modern companies to shift toward automation and digitalization. As a consequence of rapid technological development and the speed of change and therefore forced transformation of business...
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Should I train or should I go? : human resources, human capital, turnover and service quality
Georgiadis, Andreas; Kornelakis, Andreas - 2024
Extant literature documents a relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and performance, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are still not well understood. We develop a theoretical framework of the HRM-performance relationship fusing an employment systems...
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