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Mapping the Innovation DNA of Agribusiness Firms: A Multi‐Method Analysis of Strategic Capabilities and Performance

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is essential for competitiveness in agribusiness facing dynamic environments. This study examines how market orientation, marketing, relational, and social capabilities influence innovation performance. Using data from 751 Spanish firms and a multi‐method approach that integrates Structural Equation Modeling (PLS‐SEM), Necessary ...
Beatriz Corchuelo Martínez‐Azúa   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competitive Advantage and Internationalization of Italian Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Firms [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper aims at exploring the factors needed by small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises to obtain a successful positioning in the international market and at identifying what there is at the root of their competitive advantage.
Roberto Cafferata
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The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
wiley   +1 more source

Innovation and Organisational Resilience among Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Lagos State

open access: yesInternational Journal of Business and Technopreneurship
The study conducted a comprehensive examination to assess the impact of entrepreneurial innovativeness on organisational resilience within the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) sector in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Peter Omoyebagbe Oiku
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of small business sector in Slovakia in years 1993-2006

open access: yes
The main focus of the article is to elaborate on the importance and role of small and medium-sized enterprises in Slovak economy. The authors show development tendencies of SME sector in Slovakia in the years 1993-2006.
Majorová, Martina   +2 more
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Automated generative process synthesis via transformer‐based dual‐loop simulation and optimization

open access: yesAIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study presents a novel framework for automated generative process synthesis, addressing the complexity of simultaneously optimizing discrete topologies and continuous operating variables. To overcome conventional superstructure limitations, we propose a dual‐loop architecture integrating generative transformers with rigorous process ...
Yeong Woo Son   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formality and Financing Patterns of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Vietnam

open access: yes, 2019
This study aims to examine the association between formality and financing patterns of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in an emerging country, using data from the Vietnam SME Survey in the period 2007–2013.
Archer, Lan Thanh
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A Comparison of Experts' and Entrepreneurs' Opinions on International Business Activity

open access: yesTheory, Methodology, Practice, 2011
Small and medium-sized enterprises often need external help in the process of internationalisation. This is usually an explicit pressure arising from their size and not a shortcoming. The objective of the present study is to learn the opinion of experts
Andrea Gubik Sáfrány
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