small and medium enterprises (smes) are reckoned as the main player in domestic economic activities. this paper tries to contribute to the development and understanding of smes by encompassing social entrepreneurship as an empowering instrument. considering the latest thought for intellectual milieu, this paper discloses the buried interlocking principles for social entrepreneurship by islamic ...

abstract:over the past decade the economies of east asia and apec more generally have been increasinglyopening up their markets, and in the process have achieved significant gains in exports and economicgrowth. in conjunction with this increased economic integration, there has been increased recognitionby regional governments of the potential for a substantial increase in the participation by s...

the purpose of this paper is to improve supply chain relationships in iranian small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) in automotive parts industry. for this reason, an importance-performance analysis (ipa) has been employed to categorized supply chain relationships metrics. also, the questionnaire method is used for gathering information. the paper identified thirteen supply chain relationshi...

regarding the importance of small & medium enterprises (smes) in economical and social growth process as well as the special attention of planners and policy-makers to this significant issue, it is necessary to take radical initiatives to improve the conditions of different enterprises. in various studies, connoisseurs and researchers have found that unchallengeable treatment of making small & ...

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...

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...