Companies need to respond to ever-changing and increasing customer demands in order to maintain a stable market position. In this scenario, collaboration among companies is one of the most promising strategies for enhancing global competitiveness. New business models as well as new theories about governance, operations, strategies and management have been in the process of being developed in la...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Over recent years the employment creation discussion was massively raised especially about university graduates and demands from Iran's government increased. The prediction of the youth unemployment rate during the period from 2015 to 2021 showed that with an annual growth rate of 5%, in the last year of the period, the unemployment rate for youth wou...

Using panel data collected in 2005, we evaluate how bank size, discretion over credit, incentive schemes, competition, and the institutional environment affect lending to small- and medium-sized enterprises in China. We deal with the endogeneity problem using instrumental variables, and a reduced-form approach is also applied to allow for weak instruments in estimation. We find that total bank ...

Indonesian business environment heavily influenced by small-medium enterprise (SME). In embracing Industry 4.0, SME must be able to adapt the changing and competitive landscape. However, concept of advantages SMEs, especially when concerning digital transformation, yet clearly defined evaluated within industry. Several factors, directly or indirectly, affect jointly determine strength an indivi...

Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) performance can enhance SME sustainability competitiveness. This study aims to examine the impacts of trust, knowledge sharing, affective commitment on innovation performance. The present will contribute current by providing factors affecting in context Indonesia pandemic crises. uses regression analysis surveying 56 small business owners or managers West...