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enterprises (SMEs) seemingly successful R&D is a function of innovation processes and R&D networks. There is a perceived lack of … understanding regarding the importance of SMEs and their need to continuously enhance their technological capabilities for the … impact on value creation in SMEs have been studied. One very important trend to enable new knowledge creation and transfer in …
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emailed by using a simple random sampling method to 356 Malaysian manufacturing small and medium –sized Enterprises (SMEs …). The findings of this study show that SMEs in Malaysia are gaining to use virtual teams, and it can be concluded that … virtual teams provide a new platform for developing the business in SMEs. Based on the study, we suggest avenues for future …
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necessary to support the development of new collaboration forms among industry and education. Virtual research and development …Introduction: With the advent of the global economy and high-speed Internet, online collaboration is fast becoming the … norm in education and industry [1]. Information technology (IT) creates many new inter-relationships among businesses …
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This study empirically investigated how small and medium-sized Chinese apparel enterprises (SME) formed their strategy as a response to the characteristics of business environment in order to achieve competitive business performance. An environment-strategy-performance model was proposed and...
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Innovation has become a central theme and challenge in the literature of entrepreneurship, SMEs management, and … conducive to long-term investments in new business activities. This way, the development of innovation policy in SMEs forms an … approach to entrepreneurship and innovation. In this paper we address the innovation strategies of SMEs engaged in the …
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The purpose of this study is to gather information about the use of ICTs among SMEs by firm size and industry sector … empirical analysis is based on a joint methodology of fully structured questionnaires and personal interviews in 54 Greek SMEs …
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In this study, we examine the prevalence of different KM practices and the organizational determinants of KM among SMEs … by conducting a quantitative study of empirical data from nearly 500 Dutch SMEs. Our empirical results show that … knowledge is managed in a people-based approach in SMEs. SMEs are most likely to acquire knowledge by staying in touch with …
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hierarchical levels. In many SMEs, however, such formal mechanisms are complemented or even replaced by informal social networks … among managers and employees. Despite the relevance of intraorganizational networks, past research on SMEs, however, was … focused mainly on the interorganizational level of analysis. To cover this gap, we map ego networks of senior managers in SMEs …
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-specific investment and continued commitment toward the collaboration. The results of this study suggest that interfirm relational capital …
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performance of some markets especially SMEs. Market orientation which plays a significant role in marketing and give rise to the …
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