This study investigates return and asymmetric volatility spillovers dynamic correlations between the main small medium-sized enterprise (SME) stock markets in Saudi Arabia Egypt for periods before during COVID-19 pandemic. Return are modelled using a VAR-asymmetric BEKK–GARCH (1,1) model, while DCC–GARCH model is employed to conditional these markets, which then used determine explore portfolio...

small and medium enterprises (smes) have distinctive characteristics that differentiate them from their larger counterparts. one of these characteristics is marketing; poor marketing skills in smes would lead to low performance and, in extreme cases, to failure. therefore, adopting a marketing strategy based on small business analysis is the fundamental requirement of any successful sme. the te...

The focus of this study was to investigate the relationship between: (1) information communication technology (ICT) operational risk management (ORM) and (2) performance of small to medium enterprise (SME). To achieve the focus, the research investigated five specific research objectives that included the principal causes of ICT ORM failure in SME: change management requirements; characteristic...

In the current information society increased attention is being paid to enterprise architecture (EA) and accompanying techniques, models and frameworks. CHOOSE is an EA approach focused on and adapted to the characteristics and needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Though these techniques could offer significant benefits to SMEs, hardly any SME uses EA. The application and impleme...

In the last decades numerous developments and legal changes moved the utility industry towards a liberalized market. Utility enterprises have to stay competitive and reduce costs while managing more complex IT systems. The authors of this work see special demand for aligning business and IT for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in this industry and identify Enterprise Architecture Manage...

Recently, the internet has become a major means in electronic commerce (e-commerce), as it offers various advantages and benefits. Ecommerce is not only the internet and websites. It is about a new business concept that incorporates all previous business management and economic concepts. This modern information technology tool is based on databases. A Database Management System (DBMS) is the co...

Organizational learning has been playing an important role for competitive advantages for the organization. Managing learning and change in the unique context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can obtain benefits from network alliance. The paper seeks to draw attention to learning approaches from adaptive learning to generative learning in a SME in the context of asymmetric learning relati...

We find that there exist statistically significant negative overnight returns in China’s security markets, which is totally different from the previous research on HS300 Index by He et al. (2013), and the negative overnight returns are comparatively larger in China’s GEM (Growth Enterprise Market) board and SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) board than in the mainboards of Shanghai and Shenzhen ...

The paper elaborates on an approach that will enable the typical Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) to carry out a large subset of its business transactions with other enterprises, the public administration or financial institutions over the internet, gaining significant resources that nowadays are wasted on editing, printing, transferring and re-typing business documents. The present approach c...

Small and medium enterprise (SME) digitalisation involves the reinforcement, modification, renewal of business models with help digital technologies. It is widely considered imperative for SMEs to stay relevant in age. Yet, little known about conditions under which SME improves performance IS literature. Guided by literature, we postulate that value – based on its impact improving financial fir...