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How Do SMEs Respond to Deglobalization? Insights from Italian SMEs in the Interwar Period (1936–1943)

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) respond to deglobalization and economic nationalism, using historical evidence from fascist Italy, a period of autarky and restricted international trade. While prior research has focused primarily on larger firms, especially multinational enterprises (MNEs), the strategic ...
Valeria Giacomin, Francesco Romagnoli
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Regulatory Transitions: The Evolving Role of Multi‐Stakeholder Initiatives as Intermediaries in the Context of Mandatory Due Diligence Legislation

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Whereas extant studies have mostly treated multi‐stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) as instruments of private authority that interact with public governance in various spheres, this study offers an alternative view of MSIs as important regulatory intermediaries, specifically in times of regulatory flux.
Leona A. Henry   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relative Autonomy beyond the State: Private Transnational Regulation and the Politics of Labour Governance in Bangladesh

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Private transnational governance institutions increasingly acquire regulatory authority in contexts of weak or inactive state regulation, yet their capacity to exercise it remains contested. We extend Poulantzas' concept of relative autonomy, understood as the capacity to act with organizational independence from specific fractions of capital ...
Mahreen Khan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

House Prices and Bank Lending to SMEs: Evidence From UK Local Authorities

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using panel data for 304 local authorities in the UK from 2014 to 2021, we empirically examine three issues: (a) how booms in house prices affect bank lending to small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs); (b) whether these effects differ when SMEs hold larger amounts of real estate and buildings and (c) whether a rise in house prices can cause
Jalal Siddiki, Zilong Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Responsible Innovation: The Impact of Major Industrial Disasters and Gender in a Global South Context

open access: yesJournal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Responsible innovation (RI) dynamics remain underexplored in Global South contexts, which have a high prevalence of micro‐ and small enterprises and are vulnerable to the devastating effects of industrial disasters. Only a few studies examine RI within such settings, where it is arguably needed most.
Afreen Choudhury   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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