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Qahtani, Haitham Al, and Jayendira P. Sankar. "Impact of socio-economic dynamic of SMEs and large enterprises in GCC." Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development 8, no. 8 (2024): 5310. http://dx.doi.org/10.24294/jipd.v8i8.5310.

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This article emphasizes the importance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and large companies in driving economic growth. SMEs are labour-intensive and agile, creating more jobs, while large companies are capital-intensive and rely on technology, having more resources for research and development. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, SMEs contribute significantly to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and job opportunities, while large companies dominate specific sectors. The research employs a multidisciplinary approach using an extensive literature review to summarize the current

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Dias, António, Lúcia Lima Rodrigues, Russell Craig, and Maria Elisabete Neves. "Corporate social responsibility disclosure in small and medium-sized entities and large companies." Social Responsibility Journal 15, no. 2 (2019): 137–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/srj-05-2017-0090.

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PurposeCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) literature has focused mainly on larger firms. Only recently has discussion of the engagement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in CSR emerged in research studies. Here we contribute to that growing discussion of CSR in SMEs by analyzing the disclosure practices of 57 Portuguese companies of different sizes (small, medium, large).Design/methodology/approachWe use stakeholder theory to identify the stakeholders that SMEs and large firms prioritize. By means of thematic content analysis and an index of disclosure (calculated according to co

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Matei, Mirela, and Marian Catalin Voica. "Some Considerations Regarding the Social Responsibility of Entrepreneurs in the European Union." International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management 2, no. 1 (2013): 26–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijsem.2013010103.

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The concept of corporate social responsibility is in constant development. It passes from the sphere of large transnational companies to the smaller sized companies, in the field of SMEs. Although SMEs don’t have the impact of great corporations, they have a duty to carry out social responsibility programs. An SME, as a singular unit, does not have the social impact of transnational corporations, but the large number of SMEs creates a social impact comparable to the one generated by large corporations. Due to competitive pressures, large transnational companies have outsourced some activities.

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VÄYRYNEN, HANNELE, NINA HELANDER, and TYTTI VASELL. "KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR OPEN INNOVATION: COMPARING RESEARCH RESULTS BETWEEN SMEs AND LARGE COMPANIES." International Journal of Innovation Management 21, no. 05 (2017): 1740004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919617400047.

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Knowledge co-creation and effective knowledge sharing boost innovativeness in companies. However, rapidly developing technologies and constant changes in the business environment challenge the companies’ practices for knowledge management (KM). The purpose of this paper is to compare the key KM practices and their effect on open innovation between the small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and the large companies, and as empirical focus, comparing them through quantitative survey and complementary qualitative interviews. The results indicate that large companies are more externally open to i

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Tomasi, Stella, and Xiaolin Li. "Influences of Search Engine Optimization on Performance of SMEs." Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations 13, no. 1 (2015): 27–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jeco.2015010103.

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Search engines have become an important channel for increasing SMEs' global reach as well as competing with larger companies. Therefore, SMEs are enhancing their business visibility through search engine optimization (SEO). With effective SEO techniques, small companies can appear ahead of large, well-known companies on search results. However, in addition increasing the ranking on a search engine results page (SERP), there may be other benefits that SMEs may enjoy while engaging in an SEO campaign. This study uses multiple firms as cases to illustrate how SEO initiatives can impact performanc

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Yang, Xu. "Different choice of strategic innovation among companies in China market." Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management 5, no. 2 (2014): 106–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jstpm-02-2014-0006.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the difference among foreign and domestic cosmetics firms in terms of types of strategic innovations they chose in the Chinese market, and the difference between domestic large-sized cosmetics firms and cosmetics small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) about types of strategic innovation they choose in the Chinese market. Design/methodology/approach – The independent-sample t-test was used to compare foreign and domestic cosmetics firms and domestic SMEs and large-sized cosmetics firms. Findings – Foreign and domestic cosmetics firms should not

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Muksin, Mumuh. "MASA DEPAN PENGEMBANGAN USAHA KECIL DAN MENENGAH (UKM): PERSPEKTIF JARINGAN PERUSAHAAN DAN KEBIJAKAN." PAPATUNG: Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi Publik, Pemerintahan dan Politik 3, no. 1 (2020): 194–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.54783/japp.v3i1.56.

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We review policies that support SMEs in various fields. Our review shows that opinions suggesting that subsidizing SME activities (different from some company activities regardless of size) is not economically justified. Nonetheless, it is widely recognized that SMEs suffer relative losses to large companies, especially in the area of access to information and technology. We then study the possibilities offered by the network in helping SMEs deal with the losses they experience. Our research shows that there are benefits to companies from participating in networks. Furthermore, because netwo

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Bakos, Levente. "Research on Corporate Social Responsibility in Dangerous Industrial Environments." MACRo 2015 1, no. 1 (2015): 245–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/macro-2015-0024.

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AbstractThe paper presents the results of a study in Tîrgu Mures Region (Romania) on large companies regarding the CSR and health concerned activities. Based on a wider, previous, research on SMEs, the objective of the present study is to compare the CSR concerns and attitude on health issues of SMEs and large industrial companies where dangerous technologies are used. We assumed that the knowledge about the CSR and the health concerns are far more developed in the case of the large industrial companies.

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Wielgórka, Dariusz. "Technological tools KM and innovation in SME enterprises." European Conference on Knowledge Management 24, no. 2 (2023): 1462–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/eckm.24.2.1306.

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Knowledge management has emerged over the past decade as one of the key issues at the heart of modern organisations. Knowledge management as a process that supports an organisation in finding, selecting, organising and disseminating relevant information and expertise, essential for activities such as problem solving, learning, strategic planning and decision making. Knowledge management is an emergent system of organisational design and operational principles, processes, organisational structures, applications and technologies that help knowledge workers increase their creativity and ability t

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Davies, Peter T. "Innovation Gateways for SMEs." Industry and Higher Education 9, no. 1 (1995): 36–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095042229500900107.

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The Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick in the UK has worked with large and small companies, but links with the large companies have been easier to establish and sustain. Various methods have been tried over the years to interact significantly with small and medium-size enterprises and have met with varying success. However, the current SME Programme synthesizes all the successful elements and is proving a coherent and well received approach. In this article, Peter Davies sets out the main principles and activities of the Programme, which combines technology innovation and

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Goeck, Marco, and Ursula Walther. "What Drives Financing Decisions of SMEs? A Survey of German Bank Advisers." Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital: Volume 55, Issue 1 55, no. 1 (2022): 67–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.3790/ccm.55.1.67.

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This study explores companies’ financing decisions from a new perspective, those of the bank advisers, who are deeply involved in the decision processes, but are nevertheless outsiders. In our survey, corporate advisers of a large German bank report their perception of clients’ decisions. The survey covers both large companies and many SMEs. It confirms the relevance of company size, but also indicates strong heterogeneity within the SMEs. While some SMEs seem to resemble large companies, others differ noticeably. Our results confirm the relevance of strategy, management experience and decisio

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Hofer, Peter, Christoph Eisl, and Albert Mayr. "Forecasting in Austrian companies." Journal of Applied Accounting Research 16, no. 3 (2015): 359–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jaar-10-2014-0113.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is a comparison of forecasting behaviour of small and large Austrian firms, analysing their forecast practices in a volatile business environment. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical analysis of the paper, deductive by nature, was conducted by means of a quantitative online-survey (199 data sets). The relationship of perceived volatility and forecast predictability was evaluated by correlation analysis. t-Test and analysis of variances were used to examine significant differences in the forecast characteristics between small and large Austrian compan

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Kreutzer, Fabian, and Wolfram Berger. "Does offshoring boost productivity? A comparison of SMEs and large firms for Germany." Economics and Business Letters 11, no. 2 (2022): 46–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.17811/ebl.11.2.2022.46-52.

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We use plant-level evidence for Germany to explore the productivity effects of offshoring of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and compare them to those derived for a sample of large companies. SMEs usually face tighter resource constraints than larger companies, thus making it harder for them to reap the potential productivity gains associated with offshoring. We find evidence for the group of SMEs that plants that offshore business activities tend to be among the more productive ones, ex ante. However, offshoring plants lose this edge over their non-offshoring counterparts. The initia

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Vachani, Sushil. "Problems of foreign subsidiaries of SMEs compared with large companies." International Business Review 14, no. 4 (2005): 415–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2005.03.002.

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Modranský, Róbert, Silvia Jakabová, and Albert Oláh. "Innovation Management and Barriers – Creating Space for Innovation and Organizational Change." Emerging Science Journal 4, no. 5 (2020): 345–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/esj-2020-01236.

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The major purpose of this paper is to determine the opportunities and challenges relating to successful innovation management in SMEs in German and Slovakia. The objective and the subjective stances to research comprise three interlinking philosophies: epistemology, ontology and axiology. For this study the major design elements are the explanatory and the exploratory approaches and a case study is the selected research strategy. In order to answer the research problem, numerical and textual data is gathered. The empirical research studies revealed significant cultural influence on innovation

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Errico, Marco, Ivan De Noni, and Claudio Teodori. "SMEs’ financial risks in supply chain trade with large companies: The case of Italian automotive component industry." Journal of General Management 47, no. 2 (2021): 126–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03063070211027139.

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Becoming a supplier of large companies is traditionally considered to be positive for small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) competitiveness. Small businesses can take several advantages by joining supply chain trade with large companies such as scale efficiency and productivity as well as technological and managerial abilities, product and process innovation, market positioning, and reputation. However, not everything is convenient per se. The subcontracting by large companies might provide some financial criticalities that need to be faced and properly managed by SMEs to exploit supply chain b

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Lee, Myung-Sik, Hee-Chan Ryu, and Choong-Bae Lee. "Factors Affecting Selection of Types of Freight Forwarder Based On Outsourcing Motivation." Korean Academy Of International Commerce 37, no. 4 (2022): 41–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.18104/kaic.2022.37.4.41.

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Purpose : The purpose of this study is to present implications from analyzing the type of forwarder selected based on the outsourcing motivations of shippers. Research design, data, and methodology : This study separates logistics outsourcing motivational factors and types of forwarders into small and large, domestic and global, general and specialized. A questionnaire targets practitioners who have experience in business relationships with forwarders. Logistic regression analysis is used to test the research hypotheses. Results : We found that shippers who pursue freight rate redu

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Daniel, RUSU. "Perspectives of Collaboration between Large Firms and High-Tech SMEs Regarding Open Innovation (OI)." MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS REVIEW 8, no. 2 (2023): 180–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/mer/2023.06-05.

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This article aims to explore Open Innovation (OI) collaborations between high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large customers. The aim of the study is to add new perspectives regarding the specific and special way in which smaller companies initiate and develop relationships based on trust with larger customers in order to innovate and, at the same time, highlight the special contribution of customers in terms of the innovation process of SMEs. It presents perspectives regarding the way in which SMEs, by building trust, initiate and grow OI relationships with research client

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González-Varona, José M., David Poza, Fernando Acebes, Félix Villafáñez, Javier Pajares, and Adolfo López-Paredes. "New Business Models for Sustainable Spare Parts Logistics: A Case Study." Sustainability 12, no. 8 (2020): 3071. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12083071.

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Additive manufacturing of spare parts significantly impacts industrial, social, and environmental aspects. However, a literature review shows that: (i) academic papers on the adoption of additive manufacturing have focused mainly on large companies; (ii) the methods required by SMEs to adopt new technologies differ from those employed by large companies; and (iii) recent studies suggest that a suitable way to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt new additive manufacturing technologies from the academic world is by presenting case studies in which SMEs are involved. Given th

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Tengtarto, Mulya Adi Kredo, Moses Laksono Singgih, and Nurhadi Siswanto. "Cost Optimization in Disruption Conditions: A Case Study in Small Medium Enterprise." International Journal of Professional Business Review 8, no. 5 (2023): e01474. http://dx.doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2023.v8i5.1474.

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Purpose: The objective of this study was to design a cost optimization model that offers production improvement for SMEs. Theoretical framework: Several studies related to production system disruption management have been conducted, with the majority focusing on large companies. However, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have limitations compared to large companies. Repairability is considered for cost optimization. Design/methodology/approach: This research designed a cost optimization model that offers production improvement with repairability process for SME. Findings: There is a need for

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Jin, Seung Hoo, and Sang Ok Choi. "The Effect of Innovation Capability on Business Performance: A Focus on IT and Business Service Companies." Sustainability 11, no. 19 (2019): 5246. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11195246.

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With the introduction of a wide variety of new technologies during the fourth industrial revolution, companies in Korea have attempted to enhance their innovation activities, which include investment in new technology adoption, technical and non-technical innovation factors, and Research & Development (R&D) activity, to ensure the development and growth of their business performance and sustainability. In particular, IT and business services, two important industries in Korea, have been impacted by the development of new technology and have sought to adopt new technologies as soon as p

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Gaga, Loghin, Andrei Gabor, Antonela Naaji, and Marius Constantin Popescu. "Analysis of the Evolution of SMEs in Western Romania Between 2011–2014, Using the Mathematical Modelling." Studia Universitatis „Vasile Goldis” Arad – Economics Series 26, no. 4 (2016): 94–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sues-2016-0022.

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Abstract The SMEs in Romania, which remained reliable after the economic crisis, had a better dynamic of business development in relation to large and very large companies. The increase of the fiscal value of these companies has improved every year, leading to spectacular results in certain fields of activity, particularly services, trade and IT. After the economic crisis, the SMEs from the Western region had a dynamic business market, outstripping all other regions of economic development. The result was the increase in the number of SMEs and the number of jobs in this region. In this article

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Kumar, Kamalesh, Giacomo Boesso, Francesco Favotto, and Andrea Menini. "Strategic orientation, innovation patterns and performances of SMEs and large companies." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 19, no. 1 (2012): 132–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14626001211196442.

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Matshonisa Seeletse, Solly, and Mantepu Tshepo MaseTshaba. "How South African SMEs could escape ‘the heavyweight knockouts’!" Public and Municipal Finance 5, no. 2 (2016): 40–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/pmf.5(2).2016.04.

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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which, over the years, were in charge of supplying goods to rural areas and townships, are fast losing markets to large business. Modern customers want value-for-money through high-quality products at low prices, greater convenience, and a wide range of choices. Large enterprises are capable of meeting these demands. Hence, they have a competitive advantage over the SMEs. In addition, large corporations can deliver the convenience of one-stop-shopping. This paper exposes SMEs options useful for offseting the might of large business. It highlights the availa

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Abdellah, Alahyan, HARABIDA Mouncif, and RADI Bouchra. "Comparative analysis of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES) versus large companies during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Moroccan financial market." Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology 8, no. 6 (2024): 8081–90. https://doi.org/10.55214/25768484.v8i6.3747.

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The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected global financial markets, and Morocco proved no exception. This article analyzes the impact of the pandemic-related announcement on the stock market returns of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large companies listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange. Using event study methodology. This research reveals that SMEs suffered more significant and prolonged declines in stock market returns than large companies, which demonstrated greater resilience. The results underline the importance of adopting crisis management strategies tailored to the s

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Mills, Anthony, Jim Smith, and Peter Love. "Barriers to the Development of SME's in the Australian Construction Industry." Construction Economics and Building 2, no. 2 (2012): 71–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ajceb.v2i2.2902.

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Small and medium sized companies (SMEs) operating in the construction industry in regionalareas of Australia often struggle to compete against city-based companies for constructionwork. This paper identifies the barriers that confront SMEs in areas outsidemajor cities, specifically in regional areas of Victoria (Australia) where local firms oftencompete unsuccessfully against large Melbourne-based organisations. The authors alsolook at the possibility of using e-commerce solutions to give regional SMEs greater competitivenessas well as considering possible policy initiatives that may assist th

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Park, Daehyeon, Jinhyeong Jo, and Doojin Ryu. "Incentive Contracts for Sustainable Growth of Small or Medium-Sized Enterprise." Sustainability 13, no. 9 (2021): 4964. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13094964.

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This study analyzes incentive contracts in public procurement supply chains using a game-theoretic approach. Specifically, we compare a structure in which the host company is a large enterprise and the partner company is a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) to a structure in which the host is an SME and the partner is a large enterprise. For each structure, we examine whether an incentive contract improves supply chain performance and confirm that the performance improvement effect is greater when the host company is an SME. Our analysis has several policy implications. SMEs are less likel

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Popović-Pantić, Sanja, Dušica Semenčenko, and Nikola Vasilić. "Barriers that SMEs in the Western Balkans are facing in accessing the supply chains: A binary logistic regression approach." Ekonomika preduzeca 68, no. 5-6 (2020): 416–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/ekopre2006416p.

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The inclusion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the supply chains is broadly used to leverage the internationalisation of operations of the companies. SMEs in the Western Balkans make up for a vast majority of the companies and tend to be better integrated into the EU and global market. The supply chains enable SMEs to raise their innovativeness and performance. However, large corporations also find mutual benefits in the integration of SMEs into their supply chains. Large supply chains have recently introduced a new approach towards the inclusion of SMEs as a part of their CSR a

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Cenan (Ciucos), Monica, and Alina Badulescu. "PERFORMANCE THROUGH INTERNATIONALIZATION AS A STRATEGIC OPTION FOR SMES." Oradea Journal of Business and Economics 7, no. 1 (2022): 86–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.47535/1991ojbe140.

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Internationalization is often considered a strategic option for SMEs, but a large part of small firms’ contribution to internationalization is not reflected in statistics, as many of them participate indirectly in the global economy as suppliers of exporting firms. The export-oriented model of SMEs seems to follow the general strategic choices, most SMEs do not export at all, and most exporting SMEs are regular companies. The literature mentions a number of characteristics that distinguish companies that are likely to export such as group membership, consistent expertise, size, rapid growth an

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Juárez-Del Toro, Raymundo, Víctor Manuel Molina-Morejón, and Gonzalo Maldonado-Guzmán. "Brand Building in Mexican Small Business: Empirical Evidence." International Business Research 17, no. 3 (2024): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v17n3p29.

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Brand building is a relatively recent construct in marketing literature and is considered one of the essential factors in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), which improves business results and best SMEs market performance. Furthermore, the few studies published on brand building have mostly focused on large companies, and only a few studies have focused on SMEs. Therefore, using a sample of 300 small companies and applying a questionnaire to SMEs managers during February to April 2020, and using a structural equation model, the objective of this empirical study is, in one hand, the anal

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Choi, Soo Ho, and Shin Joong Kim. "Changes rate in Exports of Small, Medium and Large Enterprises compared to Korea Exports: SME Trends and Development Possibility." Asia Europe Perspective Association 17, no. 3 (2020): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.31203/aepa.2020.17.3.001.

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Korea accounted for 0.83% of large enterprises(805), 2.01% of medium-sized enterprises(1,940), and 97.14% of small and medium-sized enterprises(93,491) based on export enterprises in 2018. Based on the export amount in 2019, 64.22% of large enterprises($347,600million), 17.30% of medium-sized enter- prises($93,659million), and 18.47% of small and medium-sized enterprises($99,969million) were repre- sented. The total number of export items was 5.8, which was 49.3 for large enterprises, 30.2 for mid-sized enterprises and 4.9 for SMEs. As of 2019, the trade balance was $49.9billion for large ente

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M. Sarah, Radebe. "The benefits of good corporate governance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa: A view on top 20 and bottom 20 JSE listed companies." Problems and Perspectives in Management 15, no. 4 (2017): 271–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.15(4-1).2017.11.

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Good corporate governance has been attributed to many large organizations’ success. From the boardroom to the triple bottom line, it has been hailed as one powerful tool that brought about sustainability of these organizations in this competitive era. While this is beneficial to large organizations, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can glean on such experiences to add their value to their companies which, in the long run could bring about new markets and improved business practices which can be ground breaking in their daily business dealings. Thus, if with the introduction of the King Repo

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Demertzis, G., and K. I. Vatalis. "Project risk management adaptation of infrastructures in the Greek context." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 899, no. 1 (2021): 012055. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/899/1/012055.

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Abstract Last years in Greece there has been an increase in the number of “Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs” active in the construction of infrastructures and specifically in the telecommunications sector. The research methodology was done with an appropriate questionnaire which is addressed mainly to construction companies. Large companies, for both operational and financial reasons, prefer to outsource projects and services related to their network infrastructure to third companies rather than using their own resources. SMEs undertake to implement many of these services. They are more flex

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Al Alawi, Mubarak Khamis, Amwaj Al Abdali, Mohammed Al Shahri, and Shadi Altawil. "PRODUCTIVITY FACTORS IN CONSTRUCTION SMES IN OMAN- EXPLORATION STUDY." Journal of Engineering Research [TJER] 19, no. 1 (2022): 33–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.53540/tjer.vol19iss1pp33-40.

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Construction projects are unique and influenced by many external and internal factors hindering the efficiencies of operations. Different construction companies may have different influencing productivity factors depending on the company’s scale. Large construction companies have better resource management systems than the construction small and medium enterprises (SME). The construction SMEs work in small scale projects, and the amount and type of the required resources are different from the large construction companies. Therefore, identifying the factors affecting construction productivity

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Almeida, Fernando. "Causes of Failure of Open Innovation Practices in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises." Administrative Sciences 14, no. 3 (2024): 50. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/admsci14030050.

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The adoption of open innovation poses significant challenges that are important to explore. Studies in this field have mainly focused on exploring the causes of the failure of open innovation among large companies. This study addresses this research gap by employing a sample of 297 Portuguese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to explore, through a quantitative study, whether the dimensions and causes of failure differ between large organizations and SMEs. A total of seven dimensions of causes of failure are considered, including strategy-related, organizational structure, organization

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Romana, Fernando Acabado, Carlos Guillen Gestoso, Silvia Gonzalez Fernandez, and António Morais Santos. "The Importance of Management Control by Responsibility Centres in SMEs: A Successful Case Study." Archives of Business Research 11, no. 8 (2023): 127–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/abr.118.15300.

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This work was initially carried out with a survey on the importance of responsibility centers in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). After some research I came across the fact that the literature is very focused on large companies, and not so much on SMEs. This fact is not directly proportional to reality, since 99.9% of companies are SMEs and only 0.01% are large companies. Having the possibility of obtaining an investigation in a specific case of an SME that did not use the management control by centers of responsibility, it was proposed to the administration to change the working met

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Reisinger, Adrienn, and Norbert Kovács. "CSR and SMEs’ competitive advantages—Results from a Hungarian city of Győr based on managing directors’ personal perception." Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development 8, no. 12 (2024): 8588. http://dx.doi.org/10.24294/jipd.v8i12.8588.

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Today it is obvious that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is more than just a volunteer activity, it is also related to the operation of the firms and to competitive advantages. Many factors influence CSR and CSR-competitiveness relations; firm size could be the most crucial one. Originally CSR is related to large companies, although smaller firms can be active in CSR mainly in different ways with different background. Based on this idea the paper aims to explore the correlation between small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) and competitive advant

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Payaro, Andrea, and Anna Rita Papa. "Logistics Outsourcing: Why Do Not Some Italian SMEs Adopt the Externalization?" Asian Business Research 2, no. 2 (2017): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.20849/abr.v2i2.164.

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Logistics is a one of the common function that companies usually outsourced. The decision to keep this function in-house or contract with one or many third-party logistics (3PL) companies is entirely strategic and can dramatically impact any organization's bottom line. 3PL users report an average of 44% of their total logistics expenditures are related to outsourcing. 72% of firms are increasing their use of outsourced logistics services in 2015, which is up slightly from the average reported in recent years. Most developed outsourcing logistics market belongs to the U.S. with 88%. It is follo

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Chen, Rurong. "SMEs through Tough Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic in China." Prosperitas 9, no. 1-2 (2022): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.31570/prosp_2022_0014.

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Argentina and Costa Rica are two Latin American countries rich in natural attractions that make up Since its outbreak in late 2019, the coronavirus has disturbed the working and living of both people and businesses, and the continuing emergence of Covid-19 variations have made it hard to fully restore the activity of both society and the economy to pre-pandemic levels. In China the pandemic affected small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) more severely than large companies. The objective of this paper is to analyse the effects of the pandemic on SMEs in comparison with large firms based on t

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Lina, Lia Febria, and Berlintina Permatasari. "Social Media Capabilities dalam Adopsi Media Sosial Guna Meningkatkan Kinerja UMKM." Jembatan : Jurnal Ilmiah Manajemen 17, no. 2 (2020): 227–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.29259/jmbt.v17i2.12455.

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Social media is currently being used by both large companies and SMEs. For large companies the use of social media has been used successfully in reaching potential consumers. However, for SMEs, the marketing strategy of using social media is still being questioned. The purpose of this study is to fill the gaps in previous research by examining the driving factors for SMEs in using social media in promoting their products and testing how the performance of SMEs after adopting this technology is good both in financial and non-financial aspects that have not been done much research. The results o

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Topalović, Amir, and Antonia Azzini. "Data Mining Applications in SMEs: An Italian Perspective." Business Systems Research Journal 11, no. 3 (2020): 127–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2020-0031.

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AbstractBackgroundFrom the last decade, data mining techniques, employed in particular in customer relationship management, have assumed a key role in the profitability and operations of companies. To support small and medium companies (SMEs), several innovative and continuously improving tools have been developed that allow SMEs to utilize the internal and external data sources to increase their competitiveness.ObjectivesIn this paper, an analysis of the impact of digitalization, and in particular data mining techniques, in the context of SMEs development is presented.Methods/ApproachA review

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Uyar, Ali, and Mustafa Kemal Guzelyurt. "Impact of firm characteristics on capital structure choice of Turkish SMEs." Managerial Finance 41, no. 3 (2015): 286–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mf-01-2014-0016.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether SMEs have a target debt ratio or not; who makes financing decisions for investments; the financing preferences; and which factors play a role in external financing policy of the firms. Design/methodology/approach – The authors adopted questionnaire survey methodology in the study. The questionnaire was administered to SMEs operating in Istanbul through e-mail, telephone, and fax in July 2011. For the analysis, the authors have adopted the non-parametric test of the Kruskal-Wallis. Findings – The study produced several important find

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Pistol, Luminița, Radu Țoniș-Bucea-Manea, and Rocsana Țoniș-Bucea-Manea. "Petri Net Simulator for Small-Medium Enterprises’ Business Process Management in a Network Business Environment." Applied Mechanics and Materials 835 (May 2016): 841–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.835.841.

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Strong companies have a significant impact on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, and also on the impoverishment of large segments of population. To balance this inequity the government policies have to sustain Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to form a digital professional ecosystem in order to represent a real competition for big companies. The digital environment dedicated to SMEs cooperation has to be based on distributed Information and Communications Technology (ICT) platforms. The article purpose is to test a dynamic economic model by simulating SMEs interactions in a Network Business E

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Et. al., Guan Xin, Guo Hui,. "Digital Competitiveness of Tourism SMEs." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 11 (2021): 1707–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i11.6105.

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This research examines the digital competitiveness of tourism SMEs in Thailand in hosting Chinese inbound tourists through their websites. Integration of tourism-related technology and social media funnels were considered as significant factors of analysis. Twenty-five tourism companies' online content, including their websites, social media contents, and digital publications, were analyzed to conclude the study results. Though most of the large tourism service providers such as hotels and airline companies have been working on bypassing the travel agency commission charges through direct sell

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Goyal, Harsh, and Komal kapoor. "Search Engine Optimization with Google." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 12 (2022): 496–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.47904.

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Abstract: This paper is a finished survey that how various strategies of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can help to improve product marketing. Search engines have now become an important channel for increasing SMEs’ global reach and helps companies to compete with other and large companies. SMEs are using search engine optimization to improve their online visibility as a result (SEO). With the help of Search Engine Optimization small companies can actually now compete with the large companies and can appear ahead of large. The main objective of every website to list at the top of all thelink

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Sołek-Borowska, Celina. "The use and benefits of information communication technology by Polish small and medium sized enterprises." Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management 6, no. 1 (2018): 211–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.36965/ojakm.2018.6(1)211-225.

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Despite the significant contribution that information communication technology (ICT) has made to business, prior studies indicated that there is a large number of unsuccessful ICT implementations in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Moreover, literature also indicated that SMEs’ utilization of ICT tools is reported to be low worldwide, while that is also the case with Polish SMEs. This paper was aim to identify the ICT tools used by Polish SMEs, the areas in which they are used, and the benefits companies perceive from such use. Findings of this research study with 153 Polish SMEs sug

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Maiorescu, Irina, Mihaela Bucur, Bogdan Georgescu, Daniel Moise, Vasile Alecsandru Strat, and Ion Daniel Zgură. "Social Media and IOT Wearables in Developing Marketing Strategies. Do SMEs Differ From Large Enterprises?" Sustainability 12, no. 18 (2020): 7292. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12187292.

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The fast development of technologies shapes the way companies address and understand their customers’ needs, including the more and more pressing call for sustainability. If, by now, many organizations use the advantages of social media in their marketing strategies, newer technologies, such as Internet of things (IoT) wearables, are not fully used to their whole potential. Thus, we conducted two research studies—a qualitative one in the form of a focus group where eight different companies’ representatives took part, followed by a quantitative one in the form of an online questionnaire, where

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Bandara, K. B. T. U. K., R. P. I. R. Prasanna, S. K. N. Gamage, et al. "Agribusiness Small and Medium Entrepreneurs’ Overall Perceptions of Institutional Support Towards Facing Technology Challenges: A Case of Sri Lanka." Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri Lanka 19, no. 1 (2024): 31–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/jas.v19i1.9265.

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Purpose: Technology challenges have been recognized as one of the growth retarding factors of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which further reduced their potential contribution to the national economy. Hence, this research aims to study the Sri Lankan agribusiness SMEs’ overall perception of institutional support towards facing technology challenges.Research Method: A qualitative case study-based methodology was adopted, and a series of key informant interviews were held with 10 SME owners in the Agribusiness sector, using purposive sampling. An in-depth thematic area analysis was used to

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Omar, Khadrouf, Chouki Marieme, Talea Mohamed, and Bakali Assia. "Influence of SME characteristics on the implementation of ERP." TELKOMNIKA Telecommunication, Computing, Electronics and Control 18, no. 4 (2020): 1857–65. https://doi.org/10.12928/TELKOMNIKA.v18i4.13537.

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The ERP market has recently experienced a significant evolution in recent years, both in large companies and in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Compared to large companies, SMEs are distinguished by specific characteristics that can influence the implementation of the ERP system in these organizations. The purpose of this study is to analyse how these characteristics can determine the success or the failure of ERP implementation in SMEs. First, a set of characteristics, specific to SMEs has been identified from the relevant literature. Then, the influence of each characteristic on t

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Chalmers, David K., Emily W. Mannetta, and Luca Sensini. "R & D and Internationalization: Effect on the Performance of SMEs." International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics 9, no. 3 (2020): 39–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.31270/ijame/v09/i03/2020/5.

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The purpose of this research is to study the impact of research and development activities on the performance of SMEs operating in non-high-tech sectors. At the same time, this study also investigates the impact produced by internationalization on research and development activities and performance. This choice is driven by the fact that there are several studies focusing on large companies and high-tech companies, while only a few scholars have addressed this topic for non-high-tech SMEs. A sample of Italian companies was chosen to develop the survey. The companies interviewed were obtained f

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