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The appearance of relationship quality paradigm in the field of international business has resulted in growing need to manage, develop and evaluate relationships amongst the exporters and importers besides influencing the profitability of the firm in the long-run. In the same light, this study...
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The notions of dynamic capabilities, intellectual capital, and innovation performance have been examined in many competitive advantage scholarly papers. However, there have been small numbers of management studies that consider the link of dynamic capabilities and intellectual capital in respect...
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Purpose: The purpose of the Study was to establish the relationship between intellectual capital and performance of small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted positivist philosophy. The research designs were descriptive survey as well as...
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the study. The target population for the study was 350 Kenyan SMEs in the manufacturing sector. A sample of 183 firms was … have a significant influence on significant influence on performance of manufacturing SMEs in Kenya. Specifically …, financial, human and physical resources all positively and significantly influenced the performance of Kenyan SMEs while …
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SMEs are major employers in Indonesian, yet little is known about human resource management (HRM) practices that they … employ. This study focused on hiring, developing, and retaining employees in manufacturing SMEs in Central Java, Indonesia in … comparison to the dominant discourse on HRM in SMEs. The study involved interviews with 13 owner-managers and 42 employees …
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Purpose: The purpose of the Study was to establish the relationship between intellectual capital and performance of small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted positivist philosophy. The research designs were descriptive survey as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218038
Italy has yet to recover from the economic consequences of the financial and sovereign debt crisis that began more than a decade ago. In addition to losing 1.4 million jobs across the manufacturing and construction sectors, new industries driving growth across the EU, such as knowledge-intensive...
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This is a pioneer study investigating the relationship between environmental compliance and TFP convergence for SMEs … manufacturing SMEs. We applied the dynamic panel regression method to estimate stochastic TFP. We find evidence of a β …
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This paper empirically investigates the antecedents of internationalization of SMEs, focusing on differences between …/or relocate production or other operations abroad. Generally, I find that SMEs from the manufacturing sector do more exporting … all are significantly positively related to the internationalization of SMEs regardless of industry affiliation. However …
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competitiveness in the SMEs manufacturing in Mexico. Design/methodology/approach: The approach of this investigation is developing a … scale in order to determine the degree of agreement or disagreement, and the survey was applied to 420 SMEs. The results … feedback; have effect on the competitiveness of SMEs. The paper presents the theoretical validation of the factors that impact …
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