Being able to control logistics on the network level demands transparency to inventory and deliveries in the whole supply network. However, the information technology (IT) solutions enabling network transparency are expensive and heavy to install and, thus, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) often find them infeasible. This paper brings forth the difficulties small and medium sized enter...

In this study the association between social capital and entrepreneurial locus of control among small and medium-sized enterprises’ managers is evaluated. The innovation of this study is theorizing and clarifying the role of social capital and its dimensions in fostering managers' internal locus of control. Internal locus of control is one of the most frequently mentioned personal characteristi...

The importance of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is today far beyond any discussion in countries all over the world in European countries as well as in Asia and in USA, in Africa as well as in Latin America. To meet market demands in present and future global industrial world, manufacturing enterprises of any kind and any size must be flexible and agile enough to respond quickly to p...

So far, e-learning has primarily been used when there are many learners involved. The up-front investments related to e-learning are relatively high, and may be perceived as prohibitive for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Some e-learning is, however, getting less expensive, and some e-learning models are more suited for small-scale training than others. Therefore, this article presen...

in this study the association between social capital and entrepreneurial locus of control among small and medium-sized enterprises’ managers is evaluated. the innovation of this study is theorizing and clarifying the role of social capital and its dimensions in fostering managers' internal locus of control. internal locus of control is one of the most frequently mentioned personal characte...

the corporate entrepreneurship (ce) of firms and enterprises is the subject of current research in the fields of management and business. however, analyses on this subject in agricultural firms are lacking. the purpose of this research was to study the relationships between corporate entrepreneurship and firm performance in agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (asmes) in iran. specif...

Small and medium enterprises are an integral parts of economic development, and the growth of listed SMEs can be taken as an indicator. This paper sets up a growth index system to evaluate the growth of listed SMEs. Using a sample of 64 listed SMEs on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchange, this paper empirically verifies the growth and current development situation of listed SMEs based on im...

The impact of the Human Resource (HR) capability on the firm’s performance and its involvement in developing business strategies are becoming increasingly important particularly in high tech Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Not surprisingly, the main debate in HRM, particularly in SMEs, is nowadays concerned with the relationship between HR capabilities and the firm’s overall performa...

This paper investigates into the determinants of capital structure for the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in British manufacturing industry and the effects of product category on the determinants of capital structure. 220 SMEs from British manufacturing industry are selected for testing the six hypothesized relationships regarding the determinants of capital structure. Results sugges...

The relationship between business strategy and organizational performance has been a subject of growing interest in the field of strategic management. Despite this trend, there has been little attention given to a comparative analysis of this relationship between two different economies. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the performance differences and business strategy orient...