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How small KIBS companies manage their intellectual capital? : towards an emergent KM approach
Bolisani, Ettore; Scarso, Enrico; Zieba, Malgorzata - 2014 - This version - 26 November 2014 (revised)
The growing interest in Intellectual Capital management and Knowledge Management is now reaching small companies, especially those in the Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) sector. This paper aims to explore this issue, starting from the assumption that a planned and systematic...
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How to deal with knowledge in small companies? : defining emergent KM approach
Bolisani, Ettore; Scarso, Enrico; Zieba, Malgorzata - 2015 - This version - 29 January 2015
This paper examines the concept of emergent KM approach in small companies. The origins of consideration are grounded in the theory of strategic management literature and in particular in the distinction between deliberate versus emergent approach towards strategic planning. Using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802195
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High performance in complex spatial systems : a eelf-organizing mapping approach with reference to the Netherlands
Kourtit, Karima; Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
that there are significant differences in the spatial and functional profile of large firms vis-à-vis SMEs across distinct …
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How geographic and social distance affect perceptions of teams and their members
Wilson, Jeanne M.; Crisp, Brad; Mortensen, Mark - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011714367
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Competition and the relative productivity of large and small firms
Symeonidis, George - 2010
Using a comprehensive dataset on the incidence of price-fixing across British manufacturing industries in the 1950s, I compare collusive and competitive industries and find evidence of a negative relationship between collusion and the labour productivity of larger firms relative to smaller...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003963029
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Impact of SME policies on innovation : the Turkish case
Bascavusoglu-Moreau, Elif - 2008
The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of innovative capabilities in Turkish SMEs, with a particular ….000 SMEs. Our results suggest that the new policies did not manage to address the whole issues that are preventing Turkish SMEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003644214
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What role did management practices play in SME growth post-recession?
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2016
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502558
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Trade reform, managers, and skill intensity : evidence from India
Chakraborty, Pavel - 2019
India underwent a significant structural transformation through trade liberalization and other reforms (domestic) in the 1990s because of a balance-of-payments crisis. I use this episode to identify the causal effect of a drop in tariffs on wage inequality, measured through managerial and...
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The impact of management practices on SME performance
Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018
We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011 … business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use formal management practices than larger firms, but that such … returns are most apparent for those SMEs that invest in human resource management practices, such as training and performance …
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