This research probes into the execution of small and medium‐sized enterprises’ value creativities by a difference analysis with different classifications, different capital, different turnover, different employees, and different established years. This study develop a questionnaire about value creativity with five dimensions and thirty‐five items according to “Valuation” by McKinsey and Company, Inc. and Copeland et al., such as: “Aspiration and target,” “Portfolio management,” “Organization design,” “Process management,” and “Business and individual performance management.” The results are as follows: (1) Most small and medium‐ sized enterprises (SMEs) have executed value creativities; (2) There is a difference in the execution of value creativities between the livelihood industry and the chemical industry; the execution of value creativities by livelihood industry is better than the chemical industry; (3) For value creativities of the execution of different capital and turnover for SMEs, bigger entities are better than smaller ones; (4) For the value creativities of the execution of different numbers of staff in SMEs, those with more staff are better than those with fewer staff; (5) For the value creativities of the execution of different established years for SMEs, those established longer are better than those established shorter.
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Shiaw‐Wen Tien;
Shiaw‐Wen Tien
Graduate Institute of Management of Technology Chung‐Hua University 30 Tung‐Shiang, Hsin‐Chu, Taiwan, ROC
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Yi‐Chan Chung;
Yi‐Chan Chung
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ta‐Hwa Institute of Technology 1 Ta‐Hwa Road, Chung‐Lin Hsin‐Chu, Taiwan, ROC
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Chih‐Hung Tsai;
Chih‐Hung Tsai
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ta‐Hwa Institute of Technology 1 Ta‐Hwa Road, Chung‐Lin Hsin‐Chu, Taiwan, ROC
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Chia‐Hsiang Hsieh;
Chia‐Hsiang Hsieh
Department of Business Administration Kuo‐Yuan University of Technology, No. 1821, Jhongshan Rd., Lujhu Township, Kaohsiung County 82151, Taiwan, ROC
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Hung‐Hsi Chen
Hung‐Hsi Chen
Graduate Institute of Management of Technology Chung‐Hua University 30 Tung‐Shiang, Hsin‐Chu, Taiwan, ROC
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-555X
Print ISSN: 1598-2688
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2007
Asian Journal on Quality (2007) 8 (1): 99–119.
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Tien S, Chung Y, Tsai C, Hsieh C, Chen H (2007), "Research on Value Creativity of Taiwan’s Small and Medium‐sized Enterprises". Asian Journal on Quality, Vol. 8 No. 1 pp. 99–119, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/15982688200700007
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