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THE BACKGROUND AND CHALLENGES FACED BY THE SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES: A HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE

open access: yes, 2009
In the recent years, a number of emerging issues are posing serious challenges to the small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) in Malaysia. Hence, these enterprises enter the new era, dramatic challenges begun such as establishing new enterprises ...
Siti Sarah Omar   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of ethnic culture orientation on SME performance in Indonesia: The mediating role of resource orchestration capability as a strategic tool [PDF]

open access: yesProblems and Perspectives in Management
This study aims to examine how ethnic culture orientation influences the performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Western Indonesia, particularly through the mediating role of resource orchestration capability as a strategic management tool.
Muhammad Basyir   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of international marketing on SME's [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Keynote presentation on the international marketing of SMEs (small and medium business enterprises)
Paliwoda, S.J.
core  

Dynamic capabilities and SME performance: The moderating effect of market orientation

open access: yes, 2020
We investigate how the four dimensions of the dynamic capabilities (DC) construct (sensing, learning, integrating, and coordinating) individually affect firm performance and the moderating role of market orientation (MO) in the process.
Remedios Hernández‐Linares   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How do Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) survive the COVID-19 outbreak?

open access: yesJurnal Inovasi Ekonomi, 2020
The purpose of this study is to describe a business model that can be applied to the SME during the COVID-19 pandemic with Business Model Canvas approach so that SME can survive (Business Resilience).
Fika Fitriasari
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lean implementation in small and medium enterprises: Literature review

open access: yesOperations Research Perspectives, 2019
There have been many literature reviews carried out on Lean implementation (LI) in larger organisations with specific focus on the automobile industry. Lean implementation among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has not been so extensively researched ...
Abdullah Alkhoraif   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Does Technological and Financial Literacy Influence SME Performance: Mediating Role of ERM Practices

open access: yesInf., 2020
The knowledge-based view (KBV) in the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a debatable topic in the current literature. Although convergence of technological and financial literacy (techno-finance literacy) is an essential ...
K. Kulathunga   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

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